The Boz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 155 people carried this name — #113,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 28% from 121 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
160 people named Boz live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 146 people named Boz 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 East Flanders.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 132 people named Boz.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Ain.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 106 people named Boz 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Boz 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 Boz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lucian Boz 1908–2003 · writer -
Lucian Boz 1908–2003 · writer
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Soner Boz 1968– · association football player
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Eyüp Boz 1970– · cinematographer
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Murat Boz 1980– · actor
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Abdullah Boz 1980– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boz.
- Boyadjian 575 · U.S. census
- Boyance 190 · U.S. census
- Boye 1,008 · U.S. census
- Boyer 50,742 · U.S. census
- Boyet 253 · U.S. census
- Boys 704 · U.S. census
- Bozek 1,436 · U.S. census
- Bozic 618 · U.S. census
- Bozier 109 · U.S. census
- Bozkurt 192 · U.S. census
- Bozo 177 · U.S. census
- Bozza 621 · U.S. census
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