The Bogdan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,001 people carried this name — #10,662 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,907 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
4,341 people named Bogdan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,033 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Podlaskie.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
173 people named Bogdan live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 152 people named Bogdan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 126 people named Bogdan live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Bogdan.
Most of them — 54 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
96 people named Bogdan is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Bogdan in American newspapers,
1905–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,723 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bogdan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vicențiu Bogdan 1819–1885 · lawyer -
Vicențiu Bogdan 1819–1885 · lawyer
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Vicențiu Bogdan 1820–1885 · lawyer
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Vicențiu Bogdan 1820–1885 · lawyer
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George Bogdan 1859–1930 · physician -
Petar Bogdan 1601–1674 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bogdan.
- Boey 195 · U.S. census
- Boff 400 · U.S. census
- Boffa 473 · U.S. census
- Boga 387 · U.S. census
- Bogaert 243 · U.S. census
- Bogard 3,875 · U.S. census
- Bogdanovic 291 · U.S. census
- Boge 548 · U.S. census
- Bogen 1,120 · U.S. census
- Boggio 784 · U.S. census
- Boghossian 399 · U.S. census
- Bogner 2,367 · U.S. census
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