The Boss surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,547 people carried this name — #3,809 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,500 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,821 people named Boss live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 145 people named Boss.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
57 people named Boss have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 88 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Warmian-Masurian.
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
Boss in American newspapers,
1845–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,240,947 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boss,
with a public archive behind them.
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Orlando Boss 1844–1931
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boss.
- Bosio 296 · U.S. census
- Bosland 208 · U.S. census
- Bosman 1,468 · U.S. census
- Bosmans 217 · U.S. census
- Bosque 1,010 · U.S. census
- Bosquet 224 · U.S. census
- Bossa 156 · U.S. census
- Bossard 952 · U.S. census
- Bossart 547 · U.S. census
- Bosse 3,545 · U.S. census
- Bosser 130 · U.S. census
- Bossert 1,917 · U.S. census
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