The Bosser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 122 people carried this name — #137,327 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 130 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 705 people named Bosser.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Finistère.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 54 people named Bosser 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 Hainaut.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Bosser live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 Bosser,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Pierre Bosser 1960– · association football coach -
Françoise Bosser 1891–1978 · school teacher
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Mel Bosser 1914–1986 · baseball player
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Jean Marie Bosser 1922–2013 · agronomist
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Jacques Bosser 1945– · translator
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Jacques Bosser 1946– · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bosser.
- Bosquet 342 · U.S. census
- Boss 8,529 · U.S. census
- Bossa 195 · U.S. census
- Bossard 825 · U.S. census
- Bossart 539 · U.S. census
- Bosse 4,036 · U.S. census
- Bossert 1,913 · U.S. census
- Bosshard 237 · U.S. census
- Bossi 534 · U.S. census
- Bossier 546 · U.S. census
- Bossler 591 · U.S. census
- Bosso 397 · U.S. census
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