Bösken Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bösken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bösken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1251:644,04450,561
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Bosken (137) are calculated separately.

Bösken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bösken occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Bosken. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bösken? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bösken is the 1,596,935th most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bösken reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bösken is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 644,044. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 70 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bosken94137/
Böschken867/
Basken83166/
Besken83106/
Bäsken8346/
Vösken831/
Böschen771,134/
Boesken77137/
Bösking7771/
Beskeen7768/
Bessken7719/
Bassken777/
Baskenn770/
Baskeen770/
Baskn731/
Boschken7131/
Baskienė716/
Baskin6716,659/
Böçkün67768/
Beşken67403/
Beskin67366/
Boskin67288/
Başken6767/
Baskyn6765/
Beçken6719/
Beskyn6715/
Wasken6715/
Vasken6712/
Boskyn6710/
Vesken673/
Baskın673/
Bezken671/
Böschking671/
Vosken671/
Bozken670/

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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
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  • 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 Bösken
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