# Bosco (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bosco/  
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 | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,498 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,399 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 68,641 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.2% (4,505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Bosco.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bosco 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bosco in the United States, Canada, Argentina and Belgium.

## People named Bosco

- Philip Bosco, American actor (1930-2018)
- Christopher Del Bosco, American freestyle skier
- Eugenia Bosco, Argentine sailor
- Lionel Bosco, Belgian basketball player (born 1981)

## Similar surnames

Basco, Bock, Boss, Bosch, Bos, Boos, Bose, Boes, Boesch, Boch, Boschee, Beck.

## 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.