Bosung Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Bosung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 114 | 1:182,185 | 19,170 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Bosung (65) may also be a first name.
Bosung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bosung Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bosung occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bosung.
How Common Is The Last Name Bosung? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,628,521st most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Bosung reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bosung is also the 1,212,820th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 65 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 68 percent live, Littoral Region, where 22 percent live and Southwest Region, where 6 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bosung
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