Bös Surname

187,009th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bös Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bös Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,1061:38,2275,048
Austria1451:58,7279,183
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336

The alternate forms: Bõs (1) are calculated separately.

Bös Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bös is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Bõs. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bös? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 187,009th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,220,303 people. Bös occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bös live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Bös is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 2,106 people, or 1 in 38,227. In Germany Bös is most frequent in: Hesse, where 44 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 20 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent are found. Besides Germany Bös is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 6 percent are found and Czechia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bõs891/
Böss86272/
Böhs8675/
Bösz8661/
Böst868/
Bösch758,976/
Bösze75138/
Böhse7538/
Bösse753/
Bösche672,113/
Böß67131/
Böx6719/
Bösová6710/
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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 Bös
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