Boswan Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Boswan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boswan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India61:127,844,230863,365
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Boswan (57) may also be a first name.

Boswan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Boswan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Boswan is found most in India. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boswan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Boswan is the 7,117,718th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Boswan is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Boswan reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently held given name throughout the world, borne by 57 people.

This surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Boswan is most prevalent in: Karnataka, where 67 percent live and Maharashtra, where 17 percent live. Barring India Boswan occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boswank9230/
Boswang923/
Bouswan923/
Boswane922/
Boswain922/
Botswain8615/
Bosswain861/
Boshwane861/
Baswan83273/
Beswan835/
Bashwan7748/
Bosbaan7741/
Bahswan7734/
Boisban7721/
Boswein7721/
Botsvan7720/
Baswane7716/
Bosuang7713/
Buswane777/
Bhaswan775/
Basswan773/
Butswan771/
Bossuan771/
Bousvan771/
Bhuswan771/
Bushwan770/
Bhashwan7110,024/
Bahshwan71408/
Bahaswan71158/
Butswane7111/
Bousbain7110/
Bushwane719/
Baashwan713/
Bheeswan713/
Bajshwan712/
Bousuang711/
Bootsuan711/
Boschvan711/
Bousvang711/
Baaswant711/
Bushwean710/
Bahashwan672,417/
Basuan67180/
Basban6754/
Basvan6747/
Boxuan6712/
Bosbon6712/
Busuan679/
Besuan675/
Baswateen674/
Boutsuang671/
Busban671/
Busvan671/
Booshuang671/
Baahshwan671/
Bheeshwan671/
Buhshwane671/
Bosvon670/
Bausswain670/

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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
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  • 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 Boswan
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