The Boston surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,814 people carried this name — #2,309 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 15,003 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Boston.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Martinique.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
33 people named Boston 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).
In print
Boston in American newspapers,
1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,150,958 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boston,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Boston 1676–1732 · theologian -
Thomas Boston 1713–1767 · Christian minister -
Granger Boston d. 1958
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Joan Margaret Boston d. 1963
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Jane Boston d. 1852
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Christiana Boston 1750–1818
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boston.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Boston is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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