Bösiger Surname
Approximately 1,183 people bear this surname
Bösiger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1,152 | 1:7,129 | 1,135 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosiger | 95 | 192 | / |
| Bössiger | 93 | 7 | / |
| Basiger | 86 | 60 | / |
| Böziger | 86 | 21 | / |
| Besiger | 86 | 9 | / |
| Bößiger | 86 | 2 | / |
| Boesiger | 80 | 350 | / |
| Bossiger | 80 | 10 | / |
| Bessiger | 80 | 2 | / |
| Besigher | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bassiger | 80 | 0 | / |
| Basieger | 80 | 0 | / |
| Besige | 77 | 64 | / |
| Basige | 77 | 31 | / |
| Bosige | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boessiger | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bashige | 71 | 3,358 | / |
| Bhasige | 71 | 32 | / |
| Basiege | 71 | 9 | / |
| Baziger | 71 | 7 | / |
| Wesiger | 71 | 7 | / |
| Vasiger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Basiser | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bessige | 71 | 1 | / |
| Besiege | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beziger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Besiser | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bosaige | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beseger | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wasiger | 71 | 0 | / |
| Besegher | 67 | 172 | / |
| Besseige | 67 | 47 | / |
| Bashighe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bosseger | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bessighe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhasigie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahciger | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis