Both Surname

5,855th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96,419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Sudan
Highest density in:
South Sudan

Both Surname Definition:

= Booth, q.v.

Both Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Sudan67,6381:16931
Germany6,3221:12,7341,648
Sudan6,1601:6,089887
Brazil2,4971:85,7333,222
Romania2,2401:8,9631,190
Netherlands2,0391:8,2821,026
Pakistan1,7301:103,2623,247
Kenya1,3231:34,9053,781
United States1,2381:292,77827,135
Hungary1,1731:8,369994
Saudi Arabia5571:55,3967,891
Canada4591:80,2748,958
India4451:1,723,74262,071
Slovakia4031:13,2421,767
Australia2561:105,45211,841
Iran1941:395,78625,490
France1901:349,59352,489
South Africa1831:296,05328,632
Switzerland1331:61,7517,653
Cameroon1291:161,00117,453
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Austria1081:78,84711,877
Czechia1031:103,23817,065
Poland861:441,96245,671
England811:687,87739,238
Namibia521:46,3355,885
Belgium501:229,93329,007
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Luxembourg431:13,5012,808
Indonesia391:3,391,005183,158
Seychelles351:2,640506
Denmark341:166,02114,242
Paraguay311:233,4434,129
Spain301:1,558,40147,033
Thailand301:2,354,612261,046
Ireland201:235,4479,345
Greece171:651,75273,285
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Cambodia161:967,9475,331
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Finland81:687,08836,047
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Norway81:642,78647,258
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
China41:341,830,39216,990
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1761:285,33322,901

The alternate forms: Bóth (24) are calculated separately.

Both (31,573) may also be a first name.

Both Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Booth, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Variants of Booth q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Both: (Anglo-Saxon), a booth or wooden house. Also Celtic bodd, a settlement, as Bodmin, the monastic settlement; Freelody, and other names ending in bod and body.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Both Last Name Facts

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

Both (Hindi: बोथ, Marathi: बोथ, Tibetan: བོད་) is held by more people in South Sudan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Bóth. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Both? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,855th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 75,582 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Both live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Both is also the 26,816th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 31,573 people.

The last name Both is most commonly used in South Sudan, where it is carried by 67,638 people, or 1 in 169. Barring South Sudan this surname occurs in 83 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 7 percent live and Sudan, where 6 percent live.

Both Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Both has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 703 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 184 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Both Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Both surname are 22.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.32% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Both earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.9% less than the national average, earning 197,613 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 19.01% more than the national average, earning R 282,804 per year; in United States they earn 10.15% more than the national average, earning $47,528 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.29% more than the national average, earning $52,810 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bóth9224/
Booth89145,391/
Bothe8915,324/
Buoth896,874/
Bouth89375/
Botch89169/
Bhoth8933/
Botsh8923/
Botth8911/
Boyth899/
Boths898/
Boith897/
Bosth893/
Bodth892/
Bothë891/
Bot8622,803/
Boothe8015,502/
Bojthe80100/
Bouthe8084/
Booths8071/
Boithe8042/
Boutch8039/
Bhothe8033/
Boythe8017/
Boodth806/
Botthe805/
Baouth805/
Bhooth804/
Bootht802/
Bodthe802/
Bostch801/
Boothz801/
Bootth801/
Bootch801/
Bhothd801/
Bouthz801/
Boutth800/
Bath7526,235/
Bott7525,172/
Bote7523,100/
Bost7512,891/
Boot7510,686/
Boit757,339/
Bout754,813/
Buot754,056/
Bodh752,989/
Bots751,875/
Boyt751,542/
Bhot75752/
Bodt75492/
Boht75145/
Bojt7583/
Bozt7558/
Botd7511/
Boët7510/
Botp751/
Bãth751/
Botć751/
Bothová73440/
Bhoithe7320/
Bothova7312/
Bootsch7312/
Bosthph731/
Boggith731/
Boutsch730/
Bathe6710,602/
Boots677,749/
Botts676,495/
Botte676,414/
Bhote676,361/
Batch672,644/
Boote672,567/
Boite672,484/
Boute672,415/
Batth672,200/
Beuth672,002/
Batsh671,747/
Boyte671,474/
Bouts671,192/
Baath671,166/
Boost671,114/
Bhath671,013/
Bhoot67837/
Bojte67795/
Boust67781/
Boïte67776/
Buote67710/
Bohte67484/
Bhoit67333/
Boodt67291/
Boudh67263/
Boste67261/
Boyts67248/
Boddh67194/
Bohut67188/
Boutt67174/
Hbath67153/
Boudt67108/
Boyst67104/
Boits6782/
Buott6777/
Boott6770/
Boist6749/
Boodh6749/
Boitt6748/
Vooth6743/
Vojth6742/
Bohtz6740/
Baths6735/
Bocht6735/
Bathh6733/
Bahth6730/
Bouët6728/
Boytt6723/
Boytz6720/
Bouht6714/
Bhodh6710/
Hbout6710/
Botås6710/
Bhout679/
Ba'th677/
Bhots676/
Booyt674/
Boydh674/
Bootd673/
Boothová672/
Bosst672/
Botteher672/
Bosts672/
Bhott672/
Boîte672/
Buots671/
Bostz671/
Botss671/
Boyhd671/
Boytd671/
Bohdh671/
Bohud671/
Boithova671/
Bodte671/
Voyth671/
Bodsh671/
Boidh671/
Buotd671/
Bottd671/
Botthová671/
Botës671/
Botgy671/
Bouthová671/
Bathë671/
Bootp671/
Bostt670/
Batht670/
Boydt670/
Bohdt670/
Boyht670/
Boshd670/

Both Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Both in the Hindi language
बोथbotha-
Both in the Marathi language
बोथbotha84.45
बोतbota12.87
बॉठbotha2.14
Both in the Tibetan language
བོད་80
བོཏ་bota20

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Both Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Both
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