Büssow Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Büssow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Büssow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2711:297,06830,611
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Bussow (74) are calculated separately.

Büssow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Büssow is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Bussow. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Büssow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Büssow is the 948,111th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Büssow reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Büssow is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 271 people, or 1 in 297,068. In Germany Büssow is mostly found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 18 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent reside and Berlin, where 11 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bussow9474/
Bossow83640/
Bossouw7737/
Boessow7733/
Buessow7719/
Busow7334/
Bosow732/
Busschow716/
Boussouw712/
Wussow671,436/
Bosowa6766/
Busowa6763/
Busouw6746/
Bussov6728/
Wissow6719/
Boshow6711/
Bossof675/
Bussob674/
Bausow672/
Bushow672/
Bussaw670/
Buesow670/
Bossaw670/

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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 Büssow
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