How common is the surname Bostic?

11,079 people in the United States had the surname Bostic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,868 Americans. It ranked 3,259th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bostic?

Earl Bostic, American jazz saxophonist (1913–1965), followed by Jenn Bostic.

Where is the surname Bostic most common?

Wikidata records people named Bostic in the United States.

Is the surname Bostic getting more or less common?

More common. 10,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,079 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Bostic

A Slovene surname, carried by 11,079 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B232

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bostic is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

Slovene origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,079 people named Bostic in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,868 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,615.

#3,259

rank among US surnames

11,079

people in 2010

3.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,122)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,250	Eller	11,103	27,807
#3,252	Infante	11,102	27,810
#3,253	Kroll	11,098	27,820
#3,254	Rivero	11,096	27,825
#3,255	Sauceda	11,093	27,832
#3,256	Zielinski	11,087	27,848
#3,257	Jeffrey	11,085	27,853

Who is named Bostic

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

53% of people named Bostic identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bostics

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Earl Bostic
American jazz saxophonist (1913–1965)
Jenn Bostic
American singer-songwriter, born 1986
Keith Bostic
American software programmer, born 1959
Jim Bostic
American basketball player, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bostic

Bostic has the Soundex code B232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B232.

Questions

Where does the surname Bostic come from?: From Slovene Boštic; from an old short form of the given name Sebastijan.
How common is the surname Bostic?: 11,079 people in the United States had the surname Bostic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,868 Americans. It ranked 3,259th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bostic?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Bostic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bostic?: Earl Bostic, American jazz saxophonist (1913–1965), followed by Jenn Bostic.
Where is the surname Bostic most common?: Wikidata records people named Bostic in the United States.
Is the surname Bostic getting more or less common?: More common. 10,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,079 in 2010, up 4.4%.