The Bosse surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,545 people carried this name — #8,557 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,449 people named Bosse.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
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
55 people named Bosse 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 39 people named Bosse 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 Walloon Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bosse.
- 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
- Bossart 547 · U.S. census
- Bosser 130 · U.S. census
- Bossert 1,917 · U.S. census
- Bosshard 219 · U.S. census
- Bossi 645 · U.S. census
- Bossier 533 · U.S. census
- Bossler 601 · U.S. census
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