The Boschi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 163 people carried this name — #108,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 157 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Boschi surname
A habitational surname, equivalent to English Woods or Forest.
From boschi, plural of bosco (“wood, forest”), due to the fact that the bearers of this surname either lived near a forest or were woodcutters.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boschi» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 513 people named Boschi 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 201 people named Boschi.
60 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
77 people named Boschi live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Boschi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Maria Boschi 1675– · opera singer -
Giovanni Carlo Boschi 1715–1788 · Catholic priest -
Ippolito Bosco d. 1582 · Catholic priest
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Fabrizio Boschi 1572–1642 · painter
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Alfonso Boschi 1615–1649 · painter
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Francesco Boschi 1619–1675 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boschi.
- Bos 3,792 · 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
- Bosco 4,498 · U.S. census
- Boselli 210 · U.S. census
- Bosetti 263 · U.S. census
- Boshart 677 · U.S. census
- Bosi 314 · U.S. census
- Bosio 337 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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