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    The surname Bosher

    A French occupational surname, carried by 520 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B260

    Bosher: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bosher #41,799, 520 people Bosher: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bosher #41,799, 520 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bosher is more common than 74.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

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

    Bosher is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 520 people named Bosher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. That is down 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 557.

    #41,799
    rank among US surnames
    520
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #37,591)

    Who is named Bosher

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

    89% of people named Bosher identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Boshers

    Surnames that sound like Bosher

    Bosher has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bosher come from?
    Metonymic occupational surname from Middle English bossher, bussher (“wood seller”), itself from Old French boschier, buschier (“wood seller”).
    How common is the surname Bosher?
    520 people in the United States had the surname Bosher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. It ranked 41,799th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bosher?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Bosher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Bosher?
    Bosher is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bosher getting more or less common?
    Less common. 557 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 520 in 2010, down 6.6%.
    What are other spellings of Bosher?
    Boshers.