The Bosson surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 223 people carried this name — #84,136 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 20% from 278 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 881 people named Bosson.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
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
514 people named Bosson live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Bosson 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 Liège.
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 the Nordic population registers
304 people named Bosson is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Bosson,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ola Bosson Olsson 1824–1907 · politician -
Albert D. Bosson 1853–1926 · judge -
Anna Ingeborg Bosson 1888–1976 -
Pierre Bosson d. 1623
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Collette Bosson d. 1564
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Bo Bosson 1350–1390 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bosson.
- 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
- Bost 5,734 · U.S. census
- Boston 15,814 · U.S. census
- Bot 282 · U.S. census
- Botel 105 · U.S. census
- Botella 134 · U.S. census
- Both 863 · U.S. census
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