The Bossard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 825 people carried this name — #28,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is down 13% from 952 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,085 people named Bossard.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Vendée.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
831 people named Bossard live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
Who carried it
People named Bossard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leonhard Bossard 1628–
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Jakob Bossard 1664–
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Franz Michael Bossard 1713–1774
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Wolfgang Damian Bossard 1749–1816
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Johann Franz Kaspar Bossard 1760–1843
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Konrad Bossard 1802–1859 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bossard.
- Bosman 1,441 · U.S. census
- Bosmans 238 · U.S. census
- Bosque 1,181 · U.S. census
- Bosquet 342 · U.S. census
- Boss 8,529 · U.S. census
- Bossa 195 · U.S. census
- Bossart 539 · U.S. census
- Bosse 4,036 · U.S. census
- Bosser 122 · U.S. census
- Bossert 1,913 · U.S. census
- Bosshard 237 · U.S. census
- Bossi 534 · U.S. census
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