The Bos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,792 people carried this name — #8,665 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,504 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,731 people named Bos.
62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Cantal.
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 Poland’s population register
1,106 people named Bos have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,253 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Holy Cross.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 499 people named Bos live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 281 people named Bos live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
123 people named Bos 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.
In the Nordic population registers
112 people named Bos are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bos in American newspapers,
1871–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Bos,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lambert Bos 1670–1717 · professor -
Gerardus Johannes Bos 1825–1898 · illustrator -
Pieter Roelf Bos 1847–1902 · geographer -
Jan Ritzema Bos 1850–1928 · university teacher -
Charles Bos 1862–1926 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 217 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bos.
- Bort 680 · U.S. census
- Bortoli 148 · U.S. census
- Bortolotti 199 · U.S. census
- Bortolussi 179 · U.S. census
- Bory 236 · U.S. census
- Borys 851 · U.S. census
- Bosca 111 · U.S. census
- Boscardin 100 · U.S. census
- Bosch 7,312 · U.S. census
- Bosche 237 · U.S. census
- Boschetti 310 · U.S. census
- Boschi 163 · U.S. census
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