The Bossier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 546 people carried this name — #40,144 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 533 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 182 people named Bossier 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Bossier.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Bossier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Bossier 1797–1844 · politician -
Peter Bossier 1958– · researcher
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Philiep Bossier 1961– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bossier.
- 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
- Bossler 591 · U.S. census
- Bosso 397 · U.S. census
- Bosson 223 · U.S. census
- Bost 5,734 · U.S. census
- Boston 15,814 · U.S. census
- Bot 282 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bossier is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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