# Bosher (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 520 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,799 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 593,741 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.6% (557 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Boshers |

## Etymology

Metonymic occupational surname from Middle English bossher, bussher (“wood seller”), itself from Old French boschier, buschier (“wood seller”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bosher 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Similar surnames

Boucher, Bowsher, Booker, Bowser, Boozer, Boger, Bowker, Buser, Buscher, Boser, Boxer, Baker.

## 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.