Boswell Surname
Approximately 42,763 people bear this surname
Boswell Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Bosville,' 'a village of 1400 inhabitants, near Yvetot, in Normandy. The family were in England in 1136, and probably from the period of the Conquest' (Lower's Patr. Brit). This is the true parentage of Boswell, although it has such an English local look.
Read More About This SurnameBoswell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30,222 | 1:11,993 | 1,489 |
| England | 6,319 | 1:8,818 | 1,278 |
| Australia | 1,382 | 1:19,534 | 2,710 |
| South Africa | 909 | 1:59,601 | 7,526 |
| Canada | 901 | 1:40,894 | 5,098 |
| Jamaica | 760 | 1:3,776 | 539 |
| New Zealand | 658 | 1:6,882 | 1,167 |
| Wales | 466 | 1:6,641 | 735 |
| Scotland | 382 | 1:14,015 | 1,794 |
| Northern Ireland | 98 | 1:18,827 | 2,358 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 60 | 1:22,733 | 2,550 |
| Japan | 51 | 1:2,506,751 | 30,743 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| Ireland | 45 | 1:104,643 | 5,503 |
| Thailand | 44 | 1:1,605,417 | 210,847 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Belgium | 43 | 1:267,364 | 32,244 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 1:18,396 | 2,503 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 28 | 1:158,210 | 8,327 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,500 | 1:9,750 | 1,468 |
| Scotland | 230 | 1:16,275 | 1,761 |
| Wales | 71 | 1:22,090 | 1,271 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:7,753 | 762 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,089 | 1:9,868 | 1,268 |
Boswell (1,572) may also be a first name.
Boswell Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Bosville,' 'a village of 1400 inhabitants, near Yvetot, in Normandy. The family were in England in 1136, and probably from the period of the Conquest' (Lower's Patr. Brit). This is the true parentage of Boswell, although it has such an English local look.
John de Bosevill, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
John de Bosevil, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Henry de Bosevil, Northamptonshire, ibid.
Simon de Bosevill, Bedfordshire, Henry III Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Agnes Bosseuill, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Robert de Bosewill, or Bosville, Norfolk, 1360: History of Norfolk.
Walkcline de Bosevile, Norfolk, 1199: ibid.
Isabell Boswel, Norfolk, 1464: ibid.
William Boswell, Norfolk, 1620: ibid.
1752. Married — Thomas Simpson and Sarah Boswell: St. George, Hanover Square.
1780 — William Ward and Julia Bosville: ibid.
(French-Teut.-Latin) belonging to Bosville (Normandy) = the Wood- Town [v. under Boss 1, and + French ville, a town, Latin villa, a country-house] John de Bosevil.—Hundred Rolls
Corruption of Bosville, in France.
(English) One who came from Bosville (wood town), a village in Normandy.
Originally De Bosevil, (H.R.)-of Norman extraction. They migrated from England to Scotland in the reign of David I.
Local: from bosch, a wood, and vlle, a village. The family was established in Scotland, temp. David I.
Local. A corruption of Bosseville; from Bosch, a wood, and ville, a village. Bothel, Gaelic, the house of the powerful.
Armorially identified with Bosville.
From the French, Bosseville; a personal name Bosville; a location name in Normandy.
Boswell: derives from Bosville, in Seine-Inférieure.
User-submitted Reference
Boswell is known as one of the most venerated Romany Gypsy surnames, with the group claiming it as their name after arrival to England at the beginning of the 17th century. On one line, the name was Boss, with it being corrupted into Boswell in later generations. It is thought that they claimed the names 'Boswell', 'Boss' and other variations, after those who assisted them or from famous people of the time. (Such as biographer James Boswell).
Bearers of Boswell, who were Romany Gypsy:
- Viney (Soliveno) Boswell, died in 1848 (Wybunbury, Cheshire).
- Moses Mochus Maoti Boswell, born in 1853 (Derby, Derbyshire) and died in 1929 (Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire).
- Bozevannah Boswell, born in 1821 (Terrington St John, Norfolk).
- Cinderella Boswell, born in 1828 (Sutton-on-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire).
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Boswell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boswell Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boswell (Marathi: बॉसवेल) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boswell? popularity and diffusion
The last name Boswell is the 13,106th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 170,417 people. The surname Boswell occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Boswell are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 195,254th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,572 people.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 30,222 people, or 1 in 11,993. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 10 percent live, Georgia, where 8 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this surname is found in 77 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
Boswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Boswell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Boswell surname rose 594 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 253 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 656 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 166 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 161 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Boswell Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Boswell surname is primarily Catholic (44%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Boswell surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.54% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Boswell earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.42% more than the national average, earning R 290,928 per year; in United States they earn 1.87% less than the national average, earning $42,341 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.75% more than the national average, earning $58,004 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosswell | 93 | 15 | / |
| Booswell | 93 | 2 | / |
| Botswell | 93 | 1 | / |
| Boyswell | 93 | 0 | / |
| Boshwell | 93 | 0 | / |
| Bouswell | 93 | 0 | / |
| Boswel | 92 | 94 | / |
| Boswll | 92 | 1 | / |
| Buswell | 86 | 4,527 | / |
| Baswell | 86 | 3,279 | / |
| Boxwell | 86 | 889 | / |
| Voswell | 86 | 8 | / |
| Beswell | 86 | 3 | / |
| Bosswel | 86 | 2 | / |
| Boswill | 86 | 1 | / |
| Boswele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bosuell | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bauswell | 80 | 222 | / |
| Bushwell | 80 | 48 | / |
| Busswell | 80 | 34 | / |
| Basswell | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bochwell | 80 | 2 | / |
| Baaswell | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bosouell | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baswwell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Beeswell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Baeswell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Baswel | 77 | 323 | / |
| Bosuel | 77 | 7 | / |
| Boxwel | 77 | 2 | / |
| Beswel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Voswel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Botchwell | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baswele | 71 | 27 | / |
| Boxwill | 71 | 15 | / |
| Bousbel | 71 | 7 | / |
| Boisbel | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vosbell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bozuell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boxbell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bauswel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beeswel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buswill | 71 | 0 | / |
| Baswill | 71 | 0 | / |
| Basweel | 71 | 0 | / |
| Buxwell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Basuell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Baxwell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bozwill | 71 | 0 | / |
| Boussbel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bachwell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bushuell | 67 | 0 | / |
| Basswill | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vauswell | 67 | 0 | / |
| Beeswill | 67 | 0 | / |
| Buzzwell | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bauswill | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bushwill | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bashwill | 67 | 0 | / |
Boswell Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boswell in the Marathi language | ||
| बॉसवेल | bosavela | - |
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