Böswald Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Böswald Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 204 | 1:394,635 | 36,643 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Boswald (29) are calculated separately.
Böswald Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Böswald Come From? nationality or country of origin
Böswald is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Boswald. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Böswald? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,111,382nd most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Böswald are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Böswald is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 394,635. In Germany Böswald is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 87 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 6 percent reside and Hesse, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boswald | 95 | 29 | / |
| Baswald | 86 | 26 | / |
| Beswald | 86 | 8 | / |
| Boeswald | 80 | 27 | / |
| Basswald | 80 | 2 | / |
| Boszwald | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baswal | 77 | 1,119 | / |
| Beswal | 77 | 84 | / |
| Boswal | 77 | 32 | / |
| Boswall | 71 | 195 | / |
| Beshwal | 71 | 9 | / |
| Baswail | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vaswald | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bhaswal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beswail | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bashwal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baswall | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boswold | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baswual | 71 | 0 | / |
| Woswald | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bashwailh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Basval | 62 | 53 | / |
| Bosval | 62 | 46 | / |
| Besual | 62 | 26 | / |
| Basual | 62 | 2 | / |
| Boswol | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bosveld | 57 | 1,486 | / |
| Besvold | 57 | 41 | / |
| Beesval | 57 | 6 | / |
| Bosvall | 57 | 3 | / |
| Bashval | 57 | 3 | / |
| Bashual | 57 | 2 | / |
| Bosvold | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bozsval | 57 | 1 | / |
| Basualt | 57 | 0 | / |
| Weswold | 57 | 0 | / |
| Boesveld | 53 | 711 | / |
| Basuhail | 53 | 203 | / |
| Bosveldt | 53 | 2 | / |
| Boesveldt | 50 | 41 | / |
| Boschveld | 50 | 22 | / |
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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 Böswald
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