Boge
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Norwegian Boge, a topographic or habitational surname from Old Norse bugr (“hook; bay, inlet”).
Proper noun edit
Boge (plural Boges)
- A surname from Norwegian.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Boge is the 40016th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Boge is most common among White (93.43%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 183.
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German boge, from Old High German bogo, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Compare German Bogen, Dutch boog, English bow, Danish bue, Norwegian boge.
Noun edit
Boge m (plural Boge)