# Bostic (surname)

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

A surname from Slovene.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Slovene |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,079 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,259 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,868 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (10,615 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Slovene Boštic; from an old short form of the given name Sebastijan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bostic 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) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bostic in the United States.

## People named Bostic

- Earl Bostic, American jazz saxophonist (1913–1965)
- Jenn Bostic, American singer-songwriter
- Keith Bostic, American software programmer
- Jim Bostic, American basketball player

## Similar surnames

Bostick, Bostwick, Bustos, Bastos, Bag(h)dasari/yan.

## 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.