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Early Origins of the Bogen family

The surname Bogen was first found in Bavaria, where the Bogen family made a great early contribution to the feudal society of early Europe. The name Bogen became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses where family members continued to play important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts which resulted as each group sought to increase its power and status in an ever changing territorial profile.

Early History of the Bogen family

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Bogen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bogen, Boggen, Boger, Bogere, Bogel, Bogle, Boagen, Boaggen, Boager, Boagere, Boagel, Boagle, Boghen, Boaghen, Boegen, Boeggen, Boeger, Boegere, Boegel, Boegele, Boegle, Bugen, Buggen, Buger, Bugere, Bugel, Bugele, Bugle, Buegen, Bueggen, Bueger, Buegere, Buegel, Buegele, Buegle, Bogin, Bogan, Boggin and many more.

Early Notables of the Bogen family

Prominent among members of the name Bogen in this period include

  • the Bogen family of Bavaria

Bogen Ranking

In the United States, the name Bogen is the 16,624th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


Bogen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bogen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Henry Bogen, who landed in Maryland in 1677 2
Bogen Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • John Nicholas Andrew Bogen, who immigrated to North America in 1794 and settled in Frederick County
  • John Nicholas Andrew Bogen, who arrived in Frederick County, Maryland in 1794 2
Bogen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Georg Bogen, who landed in Ohio in 1869 2
  • Peter Bogen, who arrived in Ohio in 1869 2
  • George Bogen, who landed in Cincinnati, Oh in 1869 2
  • Joseph Bogen, who landed in Mississippi in 1882 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Bogen (post 1700) +

  • Joseph E. Bogen (1926-2005), American neurophysiologist
  • Colonel Paul Logasa Bogen (1918-1972), American Army Officer among the first American Army soldiers to meet up with the Russians near the Zschopau River in April 1945
  • Albert Bogen (1882-1961), Austrian Olympic fencer
  • Joel Bogen (b. 1958), English rock and punk guitarist


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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