How common is the surname Bosse?

4,036 people in the United States had the surname Bosse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,498 Americans. It ranked 8,222nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bosse?

Harald Julius von Bosse, Baltic German artist (1812–1894), followed by Vera de Bosset.

Where is the surname Bosse most common?

Wikidata records people named Bosse in the Russian Empire and the United States.

Is the surname Bosse getting more or less common?

More common. 3,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,036 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Bosse

A French nickname surname, carried by 4,036 people in the United States.

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). Bosse is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from French Bosse or Bossé, a nickname for a hunchback, from bosse (“bump, hump”). * Borrowed from South German Bosse, a pet form of the personal name Burkhard. * Borrowed from Dutch Bosse, a variant of Bosch.

Bosse is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

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 4,036 people named Bosse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,498 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,545.

#8,222

rank among US surnames

4,036

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+13.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,557)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,216	Ji	4,039	76,441
#8,217	Sheth	4,038	76,460
#8,220	Surber	4,037	76,479
#8,222	Fontanez	4,036	76,498
#8,225	Jahnke	4,035	76,517
#8,226	Bonin	4,034	76,536

Who is named Bosse

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

90% of people named Bosse identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bosses

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harald Julius von Bosse
Baltic German artist (1812–1894)
Vera de Bosset
American ballet dancer (1889-1982)
Malcolm Bosse
American writer (1926–2002)

Notable Bosses come mostly from the Russian Empire (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bosse

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bosse come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from French Bosse or Bossé, a nickname for a hunchback, from bosse (“bump, hump”). * Borrowed from South German Bosse, a pet form of the personal name Burkhard. * Borrowed from Dutch Bosse, a variant of Bosch.
How common is the surname Bosse?: 4,036 people in the United States had the surname Bosse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,498 Americans. It ranked 8,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bosse?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bosse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bosse?: Harald Julius von Bosse, Baltic German artist (1812–1894), followed by Vera de Bosset.
Where is the surname Bosse most common?: Wikidata records people named Bosse in the Russian Empire and the United States.
What type of surname is Bosse?: Bosse is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Bosse getting more or less common?: More common. 3,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,036 in 2010, up 14%.