The Bosi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 314 people carried this name — #63,524 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 4% from 326 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bosi surname
Patronymic/plural form of Boso, a medieval personal name of Germanic origin, from *bausī (“wicked, evil”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bosi» (Italian), 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 230 people named Bosi.
83 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 171 people named Bosi 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
58 people named Bosi live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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 Bosi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Bosi 1874–1946 · politician -
Luigi Bosi 1874–1946 · politician
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Carlo Alberto Bosi 1813–1886 · poet
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Luigi Bosi 1814–1890 · military personnel
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Angelo Bosi 1862–1915 · military personnel
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Ilio Bosi 1903–1995 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bosi.
- 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
- Boshart 677 · U.S. census
- Bosio 337 · U.S. census
- Bosland 238 · U.S. census
- Bosman 1,441 · U.S. census
- Bosmans 238 · U.S. census
- Bosque 1,181 · U.S. census
- Bosquet 342 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bosi is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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