Bösiger Surname

316,846th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bösiger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bösiger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland1,1521:7,1291,135
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Austria91:946,15970,786
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Bosiger (192) are calculated separately.

Bösiger Last Name Facts

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

Bösiger occurs in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Bosiger. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bösiger.

How Common Is The Last Name Bösiger? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 316,846th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,160,225 people. The surname Bösiger is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bösiger reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bösiger is most common in Switzerland, where it is carried by 1,152 people, or 1 in 7,129. In Switzerland Bösiger is most frequent in: Canton of Bern, where 38 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 13 percent reside and Canton of Aargau, where 10 percent reside. Not including Switzerland this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent reside and Austria, where 1 percent reside.

Bösiger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bösiger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bösiger surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bosiger95192/
Bössiger937/
Basiger8660/
Böziger8621/
Besiger869/
Bößiger862/
Boesiger80350/
Bossiger8010/
Bessiger802/
Besigher800/
Bassiger800/
Basieger800/
Besige7764/
Basige7731/
Bosige771/
Boessiger751/
Bashige713,358/
Bhasige7132/
Basiege719/
Baziger717/
Wesiger717/
Vasiger711/
Basiser711/
Bessige711/
Besiege711/
Beziger711/
Besiser711/
Bosaige711/
Beseger710/
Wasiger710/
Besegher67172/
Besseige6747/
Bashighe676/
Bosseger674/
Bessighe671/
Bhasigie671/
Bahciger670/

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Bösiger Reference & Research

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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 Bösiger
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