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

The last name Boswan is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Boswan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Boswan is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Boswan reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Boswan is also the 1,308,380th most frequent first name globally, held by 57 people.

The last name is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Boswan is most common in: Karnataka, where 67 percent live and Maharashtra, where 17 percent live. Barring India this last name occurs in one country. It is also common 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
  • 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 Boswan
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