How common is the surname Bosma?

1,586 people in the United States had the surname Bosma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,669 Americans. It ranked 17,691st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bosma getting more or less common?

More common. 1,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,586 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Bosma

A surname, carried by 1,586 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bosma is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,586 people named Bosma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,669 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,409.

#17,691

rank among US surnames

1,586

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+12.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,209)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,682	Najjar	1,587	194,547
#17,691	Pangburn	1,586	194,669
#17,699	Orwig	1,585	194,792

Who is named Bosma

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

97% of people named Bosma identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Bosma?: 1,586 people in the United States had the surname Bosma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,669 Americans. It ranked 17,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bosma?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Bosma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Bosma getting more or less common?: More common. 1,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,586 in 2010, up 13%.