# Boesch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boesch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,587 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,682 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 194,547 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.3% (1,641 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, shortened from the personal name Sebastian. Also a surname related to Busch (“wood, thicket”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boesch in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Similar surnames

Busch, Bosch, Basch, Besch, Boschee, Beach, Bowes, Bosco, Beech, Bos, Bose, Boese.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.