The Boesch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,587 people carried this name — #17,682 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,641 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Boesch surname
From the German surname, shortened from the personal name Sebastian. Also a surname related to Busch (“wood, thicket”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boesch» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 501 people named Boesch.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
130 people named Boesch live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Boesch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Boesch 1849–1905 · historian
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Charles Boesch 1861–1902 · architect
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Karl Boesch 1880– · teacher
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Charles Boesch 1883–1968 · painter
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Charles-Edouard Boesch 1885–1961 · photographer
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Paul Boesch 1889–1969 · illustrator
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boesch.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Boesch is.
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