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The Bossi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 534 people carried this name — #40,856 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 17% from 645 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Bossi surname

Inherited from Latin buxus.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bossi» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,447 people named Bossi live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 705
City of Buenos Aires 201
Córdoba 177
Santa Fe 167
Entre Ríos 56
Corrientes 40
Santiago del Estero 25
Tucumán 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

613 people named Bossi live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 124
Zurich 93
Graubünden 83
St. Gallen 52
Aargau 41
Bern 34
Vaud 23
Geneva 21

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.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 289 people named Bossi.

54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 54
Bouches-du-Rhône 46
Meurthe-et-Moselle 22
Paris 17
Haute-Saône 17
Yvelines 11
Doubs 9
Eure 8
Hauts-de-Seine 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Bossi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luis Bossi d. 1965 · composer
  • Fabrizio Bossi d. 1649 · jurist
  • Francesco Bossi d. 1435 · Catholic priest
  • Teodoro Bossi d. 1449 · politician
  • André Bossi d. 1876 · mining engineer
  • Marcantonio Bossi d. 1582

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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