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    The surname Bostwick

    A surname, carried by 4,502 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B232

    Bostwick: #7,393 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bostwick #7,393, 4,502 people Bostwick: #7,393 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bostwick #7,393, 4,502 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bostwick is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,502 people named Bostwick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,580 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,476.

    #7,393
    rank among US surnames
    4,502
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #6,915)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,390Kulkarni4,50668,519
    #7,391Morfin4,50568,534
    #7,392Froehlich4,50468,549
    #7,393Bostwick4,50268,580

    Who is named Bostwick

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

    89% of people named Bostwick identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bostwicks

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Barry Bostwick
      American actor, born 1945
    • Jackson Bostwick
      American actor, born 1943
    • Janet Bostwick
      Bahamian lawyer and politician, born 1939

    Notable Bostwicks come mostly from the United States (2) and The Bahamas (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bostwick

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bostwick?
    4,502 people in the United States had the surname Bostwick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,580 Americans. It ranked 7,393rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bostwick?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Bostwick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bostwick?
    Barry Bostwick, American actor, followed by Jackson Bostwick.
    Where is the surname Bostwick most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bostwick in the United States and The Bahamas.
    Is the surname Bostwick getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,502 in 2010, up 0.6%.