Bosco is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Italy. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bosco
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland, Italy
Meaning:

Probably retained from the latinization of At-Wood or Du-Bois, which was De Bosco.

Bosco is variant form of Buist. Thick and gross. "He is a buist of a fellow-he is a gross man."

Dweller in, or near, a woods.

Of the bush.

How popular is Bosco?

Bosco is common in Burundi, Rwanda, Brazil, Italy, Sudan, Tanzania, United States, Argentina, Angola, Ghana, India, Malawi, Chad, DR Congo, Kenya, France, Papua New Guinea, Canada, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Uganda, Australia, Switzerland, Cameroon, England, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Belgium, Spain, Malaysia, Dominican Republic.

Bosco is ranked 3837 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Boscos plummeted by 0.16 per cent to 4498 since 2000 and slipped by 520 spots and ranked at 7399. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.49 94.5
Hispanic or Latino 3.6 2.46
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.65 0.8
Black 1.29 0.89
Others 0.73 1
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.24 0.36
Bosco is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Burundi which signifies that it is originated from Burundi. Around 145915 people have been found who wears Bosco as their family name. Bosco is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Bosco:
66 Burundi36,191
88 Rwanda25,426
564 Brazil22,357
254 Italy20,113
Countries with thousands of Bosco:
714 Sudan7,560
945 Tanzania7,296
6,806 United States6,328
1,215 Argentina3,172
1,529 Angola2,169
1,803 Ghana1,940
23,511 India1,680
1,884 Malawi1,412
1,325 Chad1,348
7,507 DR Congo1,163
4,227 Kenya1,151
7,867 France1,133
Countries with hundreds of Bosco:
1,544 Papua New Guinea517
9,222 Canada445
28,772 Indonesia402
6,293 Sri Lanka365
11,259 Bangladesh360
11,464 Uganda324
11,478 Australia265
5,201 Switzerland229
11,805 Cameroon208
21,968 England197
10,931 Mexico174
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
46,146 Nigeria158
13,247 Belgium136
21,365 Spain121
14,629 Malaysia113
4,209 Dominican Republic108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,540 Ecuador89
4,775 Uruguay82
70,345 Germany78
8,379 Venezuela74
3,146 Singapore73
8,321 Chile62
6,506 Liberia57
14,306 Ivory Coast54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
164,949 Russia47
3,866 Northern Ireland43
10,086 Portugal38
3,300 Solomon Islands34
247,258 Thailand33
14,967 Kuwait29
149,374 Philippines29
62,169 Netherlands19
4,164 China18
1,390 Libya16
25,723 Peru15
3,360 Hong Kong14
45,106 Israel13
44,192 Benin12
64,496 Pakistan11
66,831 Sweden11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
741 Gibraltar10
5,193 Oman10
15,956 Ireland9
48,153 Egypt9
28,721 Moldova9
157,966 South Africa9
8,246 Tunisia9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
2,587 Cape Verde7
86,529 Austria6
488 Macau6
55,922 Qatar6
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Bosco Namesakes

  • John Bosco, Italian Roman Catholic priest
  • Henri Bosco, French writer
  • Robbie Bosco, former American football quarterback
  • João Bosco, noted Brazilian singer-songwriter with a distinctive style as a guitarist
  • Philip Bosco, American actor
  • Mark Bosco, Jesuit priest and a professor
  • Silvina Bosco, Argentine actress
  • Douglas H. Bosco, former U.S. Representative from California

Bosco Namesakes

  • John Bosco, Italian Roman Catholic priest
  • Henri Bosco, French writer
  • Robbie Bosco, former American football quarterback
  • João Bosco, noted Brazilian singer-songwriter with a distinctive style as a guitarist
  • Philip Bosco, American actor
  • Mark Bosco, Jesuit priest and a professor
  • Silvina Bosco, Argentine actress
  • Douglas H. Bosco, former U.S. Representative from California

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