Bostwick is used as a family name or surname in Cornish British. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bostwick
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Cornish British
Meaning: The house near the haven or crook. From Cornish British Bos, a house and wick, a creck or haven. It may be from the Dutch Bosch, a wood and wick, the town in the wood. Boswick, in the Cornish-British, is the dwelling near the harbor or village

How popular is Bostwick?

Bostwick is common in United States.

Bostwick is ranked 70355 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bostwick bearers increased by 0.5808758 per cent in 2010 US census to 4502 since 2000, the surname slipped by 478 spots and ranked at 7393. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.03 92.23
Black 3.53 3.06
Hispanic or Latino 2.49 1.59
Others 2.47 1.63
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.49 1.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1 0.42
Bostwick is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while The Bahamas is ahead in terms of density. Around 6391 people have been found who wears Bostwick as their family name. Bostwick is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,078 Japan3
41,879 Turkey2
40,256 Mexico2
34,681 Norway2
15,162 Costa Rica1
18,969 Wales1
6,212 Jamaica1
107,212 South Africa1
34,581 Chile1
277,603 France1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,256 Guyana45
64,073 Australia28
21,268 New Zealand21
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with hundreds of Bostwick:
23,671 England210
315 The Bahamas146
31,340 Canada107
Countries with thousands of Bostwick:
6,643 United States5,803

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Elizth. Bostwick worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 61 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Liberty and arrived on July 28, 1847.

Bostwick Namesakes

  • Barry Bostwick, Actor
  • Burdette E Bostwick, Author
  • Michael Bostwick, Soccer player
  • Barry Bostwick, Actor
  • Barry Bostwick, Actor
  • Michael Bostwick, Soccer player
  • Scott Bostwick, Football player
  • Barry Bostwick, Actor
  • Jackson Bostwick, Actor
  • Barry Bostwick, Actor

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