Find out how popular the last name Bogusch is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bogusch.

Bogusch, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bogusch surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bogusch in America

Bogusch is the 156044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bogusch surname appeared 104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Bogusch.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bogusch to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bogusch

The surname Bogusch originated in Poland and the Czech Republic in the late medieval period, possibly as early as the 12th century. It is derived from the Slavic root "bog", meaning "God" or "divine", combined with the suffix "-usch", indicating a patronymic form. Thus, the name likely referred to someone who was the son or descendant of a person named Bogus or Bohus, which were medieval variants of the name.

The earliest known record of the name Bogusch appears in a 13th-century manuscript from the region of Silesia, which was then part of the Kingdom of Poland. The name is also found in various medieval records and charters from Bohemia, Moravia, and other parts of the Czech lands.

In the 15th century, a prominent Czech nobleman named Jan Bogusch is mentioned in chronicles as having participated in the Hussite Wars, a series of religious conflicts that swept through Bohemia and parts of Central Europe. Another notable figure was Wenceslaus Bogusch, a Bohemian theologian and author who lived in the late 16th century.

The name Bogusch is closely related to several place names in the Czech Republic and Poland, such as the villages of Bohušovice and Boguszów. These place names likely originated from the same root and may have been named after early settlers or landowners bearing the Bogusch surname.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Bogusch appears in various records and documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, indicating the presence of families with this surname in areas that are now part of modern Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus.

One notable individual was Stanisław Bogusch, a Polish nobleman and military commander who fought against the Swedish invaders during the Deluge, a period of war and turmoil in the mid-17th century. Another figure was Jan Bogusch, a Polish-Lithuanian scholar and writer who authored several works on history and theology in the late 16th century.

In the 19th century, a prominent Bohemian artist named Josef Bogusch gained recognition for his landscape paintings and depictions of rural life in the Czech lands. He was born in 1820 and died in 1884.

Overall, the surname Bogusch has a rich history spanning several centuries and regions of Central and Eastern Europe, with its roots firmly planted in the Slavic linguistic and cultural traditions of the medieval period.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bogusch

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bogusch.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bogusch was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bogusch has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bogusch was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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