Boggess
English edit
Etymology edit
Nickname from Middle English boggish (“boastful, haughty”).
Proper noun edit
Boggess (plural Boggesses)
- A surname from Middle English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Boggess is the 7140th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4684 individuals. Boggess is most common among White (90.58%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boggess”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 183.