Böx Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Böx Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Böx Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

The alternate forms: Box (30,929) are calculated separately.

Böx Last Name Facts

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

Böx is found most in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms: Box. For other possible spellings of Böx click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Böx? popularity and diffusion

Böx is the 4,532,898th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Böx occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Böx reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Böx is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany it is most numerous in: Thuringia, where 50 percent live, Bavaria, where 33 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 6 percent live. Barring Germany this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Japan, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Box8930,929/
Bx8087/
Bux67637,794/
Bax6711,744/
Bex673,788/
Bös672,263/
Bök671,182/
Bix67687/
Böß67131/
Bxu6785/
Bög6735/
Büx6734/
Byx6718/
Bxi679/
Bxx678/
Pbx677/
Bwx677/
Bxh677/
Bhx676/
Hbx675/
Bbx675/
Bxc675/
Bxe675/
Bxw675/
Wbx674/
Bxa674/
Bxo674/
Bxy672/
Pöx671/

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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 Böx
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