Böh Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Böh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Böh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1661:484,97341,888
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315

Böh (1,003) may also be a first name.

Böh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Böh occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Böh? popularity and diffusion

Böh is the 1,300,225th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name Böh occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Böh are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Böh is also the 254,051st most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 1,003 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 484,973. In Germany Böh is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 41 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 30 percent reside and Hamburg, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Germany Böh occurs in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Böth86193/
Böhs8675/
Böhe8638/
Böhß861/
Böhz861/
808/
Bösch758,976/
Böß67131/
Böe67116/
Böd6744/
Böő672/
Bhui5714,327/
Bhoe5713,167/
Boeh57669/
Baeh57430/
Bödő57411/
Böss57272/
Bhae57205/
Bösz5761/
Bäth5749/
Buih5741/
Bheu5712/
Bäch574/
Bött572/
Bähs571/
Bäsch50102/
Boehh501/

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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 Böh
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