Boswel Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Boswel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boswel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa631:859,96456,669
United States111:32,950,812797,015
India51:153,413,076951,030
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
England21:27,859,030389,889
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Boswel (68) may also be a first name.

Boswel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Boswel is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Boswel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Boswel occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Boswel live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 68 people.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 73 percent are found, North West, where 16 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.

Boswel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Boswel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Boswel last name decreased 69 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Boswel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Boswel surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Boswel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 284.3% more than the national average, earning R 913,248 per year and in United States they earn 68.36% more than the national average, earning $72,646 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boswell9242,763/
Bosswel922/
Boswele921/
Bosswell8615/
Booswell862/
Botswell861/
Boyswell860/
Boshwell860/
Bouswell860/
Baswel83323/
Bosuel837/
Boxwel832/
Beswel831/
Boswll831/
Voswel831/
Buswell774,527/
Baswell773,279/
Boxwell77889/
Baswele7727/
Voswell778/
Bousbel777/
Beswell773/
Boisbel772/
Boswill771/
Bauswel771/
Bosuell771/
Beeswel771/
Basweel770/
Bauswell71222/
Bushwell7148/
Busswell7134/
Basswell714/
Bochwell712/
Bosouell711/
Boussbel711/
Baaswell711/
Beeswell710/
Baswwell710/
Baeswell710/
Basuel671,954/
Bazwel67105/
Baswil677/
Boussouel676/
Basbel675/
Besuel671/
Botchwell671/

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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 Boswel
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