Bössow Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Bössow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 224 | 1:359,399 | 34,546 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Bossow (640) are calculated separately.
Bössow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bössow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bössow occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Bossow. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bössow? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,055,483rd most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Bössow reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 359,399. In Germany Bössow is most frequent in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 33 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 20 percent live. Excluding Germany it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 5 percent live and Namibia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bossow | 94 | 640 | / |
| Bessow | 83 | 138 | / |
| Bassow | 83 | 119 | / |
| Bessouw | 77 | 388 | / |
| Bossouw | 77 | 37 | / |
| Böschow | 77 | 35 | / |
| Boessow | 77 | 33 | / |
| Basow | 73 | 114 | / |
| Bosow | 73 | 2 | / |
| Besow | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bassaw | 67 | 3,446 | / |
| Bashow | 67 | 477 | / |
| Besouw | 67 | 271 | / |
| Bassov | 67 | 118 | / |
| Bossov | 67 | 60 | / |
| Bessov | 67 | 20 | / |
| Bessaw | 67 | 16 | / |
| Boshow | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bossof | 67 | 5 | / |
| Beshow | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bassof | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bassów | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wessow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wassow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bossaw | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bössow
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