The Bosman surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,468 people carried this name — #17,627 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,238 people named Bosman 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 East Flanders.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Bosman.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Nord.
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
33 people named Bosman live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
31 people named Bosman have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 54 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 1 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Bosman in American newspapers,
1899–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,505 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bosman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Willem Bosman 1672– · writer -
D.B. Bosman 1888– · writer -
Piet Bosman 1914–1986 · photographer -
H.W.J. Bosman 1922–1998 · university teacher -
Len Bosman 1924–2017 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 84 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bosman.
- Boselli 155 · U.S. census
- Bosetti 259 · U.S. census
- Boshart 707 · U.S. census
- Bosi 326 · U.S. census
- Bosio 296 · U.S. census
- Bosland 208 · U.S. census
- Bosmans 217 · U.S. census
- Bosque 1,010 · U.S. census
- Bosquet 224 · U.S. census
- Boss 8,547 · U.S. census
- Bossa 156 · U.S. census
- Bossard 952 · U.S. census
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