The Bosch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,312 people carried this name — #4,826 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 6,713 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bosch surname
Spelling variant of Boesch
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bosch» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,686 people named Bosch live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 2,244 people named Bosch 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,166 people named Bosch.
239 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 823 people named Bosch 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 Antwerp.
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 the Nordic population registers
51 people named Bosch is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Bosch in American newspapers,
1921–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 63,331 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bosch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hieronymus Bosch 1450–1516 · painter -
Hieronymus Bosch 1450–1516 · painter -
Pieter van den Bosch 1612–1663 · painter -
Jacobus Bosch d. 1731
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Antoni Bosch d. 1751 · notary
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Michael Bosch 1536–1608 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bosch.
- Bortolussi 179 · U.S. census
- Bory 236 · U.S. census
- Borys 851 · U.S. census
- Bos 3,792 · U.S. census
- Bosca 111 · U.S. census
- Boscardin 100 · U.S. census
- Bosche 237 · U.S. census
- Boschetti 310 · U.S. census
- Boschi 163 · U.S. census
- Bosco 4,498 · U.S. census
- Boselli 210 · U.S. census
- Bosetti 263 · U.S. census
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