Bosch Surname
Approximately 85,296 people bear this surname
Bosch Surname Definition:
Found in Catalonia. Equivalent to words "bosco" or "bosque" - a tract of wooded land, a forest.
This is a German word that means a slope and refers to those who live on the hillside.
Catalan name of French origin. One branch in Valencia.
Read More About This SurnameBosch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 17,038 | 1:2,744 | 325 |
| Germany | 14,025 | 1:5,740 | 690 |
| Netherlands | 13,142 | 1:1,285 | 66 |
| South Africa | 11,506 | 1:4,709 | 605 |
| United States | 10,344 | 1:35,041 | 4,376 |
| Sudan | 3,360 | 1:11,164 | 1,574 |
| France | 2,759 | 1:24,075 | 2,833 |
| Argentina | 2,413 | 1:17,714 | 1,528 |
| Canada | 1,742 | 1:21,151 | 2,912 |
| Cuba | 1,446 | 1:7,969 | 762 |
| Belgium | 1,205 | 1:9,541 | 1,362 |
| Australia | 910 | 1:29,666 | 3,991 |
| Austria | 470 | 1:18,118 | 2,781 |
| Dominican Republic | 447 | 1:23,340 | 1,503 |
| Mexico | 437 | 1:284,042 | 6,576 |
| Switzerland | 399 | 1:20,584 | 3,307 |
| Guatemala | 369 | 1:43,584 | 2,145 |
| Brazil | 339 | 1:631,488 | 23,421 |
| England | 320 | 1:174,119 | 15,890 |
| Uruguay | 291 | 1:11,793 | 1,328 |
| New Zealand | 272 | 1:16,648 | 2,910 |
| Venezuela | 210 | 1:143,829 | 4,523 |
| Philippines | 191 | 1:530,043 | 60,758 |
| Chile | 154 | 1:114,393 | 4,184 |
| Ecuador | 113 | 1:140,760 | 6,932 |
| Italy | 90 | 1:679,519 | 59,064 |
| Colombia | 88 | 1:542,887 | 7,268 |
| Thailand | 78 | 1:905,620 | 141,791 |
| Israel | 72 | 1:118,856 | 13,107 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Namibia | 63 | 1:38,244 | 5,261 |
| Hungary | 58 | 1:169,246 | 14,882 |
| Panama | 54 | 1:72,449 | 3,088 |
| Russia | 53 | 1:2,719,303 | 152,706 |
| Andorra | 51 | 1:1,644 | 302 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Puerto Rico | 47 | 1:75,535 | 1,405 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Norway | 33 | 1:155,827 | 19,235 |
| Ireland | 32 | 1:147,154 | 6,785 |
| Luxembourg | 32 | 1:18,142 | 3,979 |
| Paraguay | 28 | 1:258,455 | 4,403 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Belize | 7 | 1:50,782 | 2,565 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 624 | 1:80,479 | 8,473 |
The alternate forms: Bösch (8,976) are calculated separately.
Bosch (321) may also be a first name.
Bosch Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found in Catalonia. Equivalent to words "bosco" or "bosque" - a tract of wooded land, a forest.
This is a German word that means a slope and refers to those who live on the hillside.
Catalan name of French origin. One branch in Valencia.
“Forest”. Common place name in Holland.
User-submitted Reference
The origin of Spanish/Catalan/Valencian 'Bosch' is antique spelling of 'Bosc', Catalan word designing 'forest', Spanish 'Bosque'. The German surname has another origin.
- anonymous submissionBosch Demographics
Average Male Bosch Height
175.68 cm
Average Female Bosch Height
161.25 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bosch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bosch Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bosch (Russian: Бощ) is more frequently found in Spain than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Bösch. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bosch? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,623rd most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,438 people. Bosch is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Bosch live; 38 percent live in Western Europe and 34 percent live in Germanic Europe. Bosch is also the 489,856th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 321 people.
This last name is most common in Spain, where it is held by 17,038 people, or 1 in 2,744. In Spain Bosch is mostly found in: Catalonia, where 58 percent reside, Valencian Community, where 19 percent reside and Balearic Islands, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Spain this surname occurs in 114 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 16 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 15 percent reside.
Bosch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bosch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bosch surname expanded 1,658 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,143 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bosch Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bosch surname are 18.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.41% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bosch earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.87% less than the national average, earning 315,393 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 67.55% more than the national average, earning R 398,160 per year; in Colombia they earn 38.09% more than the national average, earning $31,349,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.52% more than the national average, earning $46,392 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.49% more than the national average, earning $49,924 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bosch Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bosch in the Russian language | ||
| Бощ | bos | - |
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