# Bose (surname)

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

A surname from Bengali.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bengali |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,406 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,547 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 90,648 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (2,849 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bəʊz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from colloquial Bengali বোস (bōs).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bose 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) | 51% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 38% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bose in Argentina and the United States.

## People named Bose

- Margrete Heiberg Bose, Argentine physicist (1865–1952)
- Sarmila Bose, American writer

## Similar surnames

Boyce, Boss, Bosse, Bos, Boos, Boice, Boese, Boose, Boes, Booze, Buse, Bise.

## 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.