Bosman is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bosman
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning:

Surname Bosman is variation of Barsham. Parishes in Norfolk and Suffolk.

How popular is Bosman?

Bosman is common in South Africa, Netherlands, Belgium, United States, Australia, Canada, England, Haiti, New Zealand, France, Romania, Germany, Indonesia.

Bosman is ranked 14782 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bosmans plummeted by 1.84 per cent to 1441 since 2000 and slipped by 1312 spots and ranked at 18939. The last name was found in around 5 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.83 86.92
Black 9.3 8.31
Hispanic or Latino 4.51 2.72
Others 1.11 1.29
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.83 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0
Bosman is quite popular family name mostly used in South Africa however Netherlands lie ahead in terms of density. Around 37686 people have been found who wears Bosman as their family name. Bosman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Bosman:
356 South Africa19,443
86 Netherlands11,151
Countries with thousands of Bosman:
642 Belgium2,130
18,708 United States1,923
Countries with hundreds of Bosman:
6,140 Australia548
11,548 Canada343
15,952 England318
3,124 Haiti204
4,124 New Zealand193
51,782 France193
12,326 Romania183
43,831 Germany155
87,669 Indonesia106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,735 Papua New Guinea80
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,583 Slovakia49
34,729 Zimbabwe41
36,495 Czechia38
8,384 Lesotho36
13,148 Chile34
44,772 Spain33
7,666 Singapore30
22,806 Switzerland29
12,265 Portugal28
22,291 Croatia24
57,034 Malaysia22
15,343 Botswana22
63,727 Greece22
310,277 Thailand21
98,106 Italy21
96,203 Poland20
22,419 Venezuela17
12,022 Wales17
23,583 United Arab Emirates16
347,183 Russia13
1,618 Isle of Man11
39,375 Norway11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
277,641 Nigeria10
350,626 Brazil10
9,927 Namibia10
81,336 Sweden9
684,495 India9
1,511 Aruba9
43,211 Denmark7
34,188 Zambia6
12,899 Northern Ireland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

W. Bosman was 24 years old when he migrated to USA on November 15, 1881. He lived in Germany where he worked as shoemaker and took Jason from Amsterdam. 30 years old J.W. Bosman, J.W. Bosman, aged 32, S. Bosman, aged 22, are other Bosman that migrated to US.

Bosman Namesakes

  • Herman Charles Bosman, is widely regarded as South Africa's greatest short-story writer
  • Meyer Bosman, former South African rugby player,
  • Dick Bosman, American former professional baseball pitcher
  • Jean-Marc Bosman, Belgian former professional footballer
  • Loots Bosman, former South African international cricketer
  • John Bosman, Dutch retired footballer who played as a striker

Bosman Namesakes

  • Herman Charles Bosman, is widely regarded as South Africa's greatest short-story writer
  • Meyer Bosman, former South African rugby player,
  • Dick Bosman, American former professional baseball pitcher
  • Jean-Marc Bosman, Belgian former professional footballer
  • Loots Bosman, former South African international cricketer
  • John Bosman, Dutch retired footballer who played as a striker

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