How common is the surname Bose?

3,406 people in the United States had the surname Bose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,648 Americans. It ranked 9,547th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bose?

In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Bose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Bose?

Margrete Heiberg Bose, Argentine physicist (1865–1952), followed by Sarmila Bose.

Where is the surname Bose most common?

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

How do you pronounce Bose?

Bose is /bəʊz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Bose getting more or less common?

More common. 2,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,406 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Bose

A Bengali surname, carried by 3,406 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bəʊz/ 1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bose is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Bengali origin

Borrowed from colloquial Bengali বোস (bōs).

One of 21 Bengali surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,406 people named Bose in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,648 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,849.

#9,547

rank among US surnames

3,406

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+19.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,357)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,539	Eddington	3,408	90,594
#9,544	Harsh	3,407	90,621
#9,547	Bose	3,406	90,648
#9,548	Arney	3,405	90,674
#9,551	Obando	3,404	90,701
#9,552	Heinemann	3,403	90,727

Who is named Bose

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

51% of people named Bose identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Asian and Pacific Islander 38%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boses

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margrete Heiberg Bose
Argentine physicist (1865–1952)
Sarmila Bose
American writer, born 1959

Notable Boses come mostly from Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bose

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

Other Bengali surnames

All 21 Bengali surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bose come from?: Borrowed from colloquial Bengali বোস (bōs).
How common is the surname Bose?: 3,406 people in the United States had the surname Bose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,648 Americans. It ranked 9,547th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bose?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Bose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Bose?: Margrete Heiberg Bose, Argentine physicist (1865–1952), followed by Sarmila Bose.
Where is the surname Bose most common?: Wikidata records people named Bose in Argentina and the United States.
How do you pronounce Bose?: Bose is /bəʊz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Bose getting more or less common?: More common. 2,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,406 in 2010, up 20%.