Boğaz Surname

247,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Boğaz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boğaz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,6051:48,4874,846
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Boğaz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Boğaz is found most frequently in Turkey. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Boğaz.

How Common Is The Last Name Boğaz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 247,499th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,534,876 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Boğaz are found; 94 percent are found in West Asia and 94 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,605 people, or 1 in 48,487. In Turkey Boğaz is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 44 percent are found, Sakarya Province, where 19 percent are found and Konya Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Turkey Boğaz is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boaz8917,119/
Bouaz80822/
Boaiz8079/
Boazj801/
Boayz801/
Boazs800/
Boğazsız7712/
Bohacz73196/
Boğacı7351/
Bouazz734/
Bohatz733/
Boaz's731/
Bouaiz731/
Bojjaz731/
Boas678,336/
Boax6750/
Baoz6748/
Boóz6713/
Boaj6710/
Voaz673/
Boáz672/
Boazova672/
Boaś671/

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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 Boğaz
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