Bosso is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bosso
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: Italian name brought in Campania and Piedmont. Several possibilities: a place where the pine shoot (Italian "bosso") or a person's name could be a Giacobosso apheresis derived from Giacobo (= Jacques), or a personal name of Germanic origin (root "bos" = bad, nasty). The plural form Bossi is widespread in Lombardy. It is found matronymic Bossa in Campania (Naples), Calabria and in western Piedmont. Derivatives: Bossetto (Piedmont) Bossetti (Corsica, Lombardy), Bossini (Lombardy, Tuscany).

How popular is Bosso?

Bosso is common in Argentina.

Bosso is ranked 27088 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bossos plummeted by 5.700713 per cent to 397 since 2000 and slipped by 4878 spots and ranked at 52267. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.15 93.82
Hispanic or Latino 8.82 2.61
Black 3.78 1.19
Bosso is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ivory Coast which signifies that it is originated from Ivory Coast. Around 18744 people have been found who wears Bosso as their family name. Bosso is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,053 Senegal5
1,387 Togo4
14,054 China3
4,915 Panama3
8,926 Cameroon3
32,695 Nigeria3
32,086 Mexico3
1,219,338 India3
67,494 South Africa3
26,532 Chile2
4,302 Benin2
17,547 Colombia2
20,837 Venezuela2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
31,767 Greece2
2,040 Mali1
1,254 Gibraltar1
29,046 Japan1
8,181 Botswana1
8,371 Syria1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
37,493 Austria1
30,360 Thailand1
28,365 Kenya1
31,584 Peru1
2,715 Gabon1
734 Chad1
81,201 Switzerland1
12,741 Ecuador1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
38,841 Scotland1
36,814 Romania1
21,562 Portugal1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
5,924 Paraguay1
3,214 Niger1
16,640 Hong Kong1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
53,193 Spain35
85,726 Canada32
8,210 Burkina Faso30
107,506 England27
153,005 Ukraine22
52,530 Belgium22
75,259 Australia22
62,494 Netherlands22
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
85,695 Indonesia96
5,365 Lebanon84
5,314 Kuwait70
51,036 Tanzania61
7,779 Uruguay61
Countries with hundreds of Bosso:
42,160 United States654
4,483 Ghana639
14,898 Morocco336
30,009 France331
59,024 Germany168
Countries with thousands of Bosso:
311 Ivory Coast7,890
3,585 Brazil4,007
3,754 Italy2,743
3,862 Argentina1,314
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Bosso worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 43 years old embarked for USA from Genoa, Leghorn & Naples on Elysia and arrived on May 11, 1887. Amedeo Bosso, aged 25, Angelo Bosso (27) Dealer, Antonio Bosso (16) Laborer, 26 years old Antonio Bosso, Baptiste Bosso (Of unknown age), 27 years old Cesar Bosso, Crescenzo Bosso (30) Laborer, Farmer Domenico Bosso, 17 years old Foca Palmerino Bosso, and 18 other Bosso around 37.04% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and peasant, country man migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg & Havre, Genoa, Naples and Marseilles & Naples.

Bosso Namesakes

  • Alfred Bossom, Architect
  • Bernard Bosson, Politician
  • Hassan Bosso, Olympic athlete
  • Barbara Bosson, Actress
  • Alfred Bossom, Architect
  • Albert D. Bosson, Politician
  • Barbara Bosson, Actress
  • Domenica Bossone, Margherita Occhiena's mother
  • Vincent Bossou, Soccer player
  • Ezio Bosso, Composer
  • In 2017, Fabrizio Bosso characterized the role of Trumpet in biography and documentary film Piani Paralleli.

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