Explore the Family Name Boso

The meaning of Boso

Italian: from the medieval personal name Boso, from an ancient Germanic personal name based on the element bōs ‘bad, evil, wild, angry’.

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How common is the last name Boso in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Boso saw a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 38,263rd popular name in the United States, but dropped to the 48,530th position by 2010, marking a significant decline of 26.83 percent. Also, the count of individuals with this surname dropped from 544 in 2000 to 435 in 2010, representing a 20.04 percent decrease. The proportion of people with the Boso surname per 100,000 population also declined by 25 percent over this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,263	#48,530	-26.83%
Count	544	435	-20.04%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.15	-25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Boso

The Decennial U.S. Census data on ethnicity associated with the surname Boso shows some shifts as well between 2000 and 2010. The proportions of Asian/Pacific Islanders and individuals identifying with two or more races were recorded as 1.29 percent and 1.47 percent respectively in 2000, but these figures were suppressed for privacy in 2010. The percentage of White individuals with the Boso surname slightly increased from 93.75 percent in 2000 to 94.25 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, there was no report of Hispanic individuals with this surname in 2000, but it stood at 1.61 percent in 2010. The proportion of Black individuals with the Boso surname also increased from 2.02 percent in 2000 to 2.30 percent in 2010. There was no reported change for American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.75%	94.25%	0.53%
Black	2.02%	2.3%	13.86%
Hispanic	0%	1.61%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.29%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.47%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%