The Bostic surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,079 people carried this name — #3,259 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 10,615 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Bostic surname

From Slovene Boštic; from an old short form of the given name Sebastijan.

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

In national population registers

113 people named Bostic is counted in Slovenia.

Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.

Counted, by country

Slovenia (2026) 113

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Bostic in American newspapers,
1878–1930.

Newspaper page from The National Tribune carrying the name Bostic
The National Tribune 1887-03-24
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Bostic
Evening Star 1930-02-01
Newspaper page from The Philippi Plaindealer carrying the name Bostic
The Philippi Plaindealer 1878-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,580 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bostic in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1930s.

24 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bostic. The most, 8, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 13
New South Wales 6
ACT (Canberra) 2
South Australia 1
Victoria 1
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bostic.

Who carried it

People named Bostic,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Earl Bostic
    Earl Bostic 1913–1965 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bostic,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States567 records

567 records of the Bostic name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 363
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 141
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 21
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 18
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph M. Bostic

    Born 1921 in New York. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Upton Yaphank; policeman from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Frank Bostic

    Born 1931; from McDowell County, West Virginia. U.S. Army, field artillery liaison specialist; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John David Bostic

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1942, died 1997; buried at Fletcher Cemetery, Alderson, West Virginia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 567 records for Bostic in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Bostic name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacques Bostic

    Born 1932 in Paris; died 1991 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Vekoslav Bostic

    Born 1923 in Trboulje (Serbie-et-Monténégro); died 1996 in Valenciennes (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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