Böß Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Böß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Böß Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1221:659,88151,431
Austria91:946,15970,786

The alternate forms: Bö (8) are calculated separately.

Böß Last Name Facts

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

Böß is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Bö. For other potential spellings of Böß click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Böß? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,565,797th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Böß occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Böß reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Böß is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 659,881. In Germany Böß is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 38 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 28 percent live and Hesse, where 13 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bö938/
Böhß861/
Bös672,263/
Wöß67472/
Böh67174/
Böe67116/
Böd6744/
Böx6719/
Bäß679/
Böő672/

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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 Böß
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