How common is the surname Bosco?

4,498 people in the United States had the surname Bosco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,641 Americans. It ranked 7,399th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bosco?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bosco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bosco?

Philip Bosco, American actor (1930-2018), followed by Christopher Del Bosco.

Where is the surname Bosco most common?

Wikidata records people named Bosco in the United States, Canada and Argentina and 1 other country.

Is the surname Bosco getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,498 in 2010, down 0.2%.

Is Bosco also a first name?

Yes. Bosco is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Bosco

An Italian surname, carried by 4,498 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bosco is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Bosco.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,498 people named Bosco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,641 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,505.

#7,399

rank among US surnames

4,498

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,879)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,390	Kulkarni	4,506	68,519
#7,391	Morfin	4,505	68,534
#7,392	Froehlich	4,504	68,549
#7,393	Bostwick	4,502	68,580
#7,394	Lodge	4,501	68,595
#7,395	Hou	4,500	68,610
#7,397	Wulf	4,499	68,625

Who is named Bosco

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Bosco identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boscos

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Philip Bosco
American actor (1930-2018)
Christopher Del Bosco
American freestyle skier, born 1982
Eugenia Bosco
Argentine sailor, born 1997
Lionel Bosco
Belgian basketball player (born 1981)

Notable Boscos come mostly from the United States (1), Canada (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bosco

Bosco has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bosco come from?: Borrowed from Italian Bosco.
How common is the surname Bosco?: 4,498 people in the United States had the surname Bosco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,641 Americans. It ranked 7,399th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bosco?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bosco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bosco?: Philip Bosco, American actor (1930-2018), followed by Christopher Del Bosco.
Where is the surname Bosco most common?: Wikidata records people named Bosco in the United States, Canada and Argentina and 1 other country.
Is the surname Bosco getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,498 in 2010, down 0.2%.
Is Bosco also a first name?: Yes. Bosco is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.