How common is the surname Bosman?

1,441 people in the United States had the surname Bosman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. It ranked 18,939th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bosman?

Jean-Marc Bosman, Belgian footballer.

Where is the surname Bosman most common?

Wikidata records people named Bosman in Belgium.

Is the surname Bosman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,441 in 2010, down 1.8%.

The surname Bosman

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,441 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bosman is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch Bosman.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,441 people named Bosman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,468.

#18,939

rank among US surnames

1,441

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,627)

Who is named Bosman

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

84% of people named Bosman identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bosmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jean-Marc Bosman
Belgian footballer, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bosman

Bosman has the Soundex code B255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B255.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bosman come from?: Borrowed from Dutch Bosman.
How common is the surname Bosman?: 1,441 people in the United States had the surname Bosman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. It ranked 18,939th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bosman?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Bosman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bosman?: Jean-Marc Bosman, Belgian footballer.
Where is the surname Bosman most common?: Wikidata records people named Bosman in Belgium.
Is the surname Bosman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,441 in 2010, down 1.8%.