Popularity of the last name by country
Canada
- Ontario (54)
- Québec (47)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (33)
- Alberta (18)
- British Columbia (17)
- Manitoba (16)
- Prince Edward Island (2)
- New Brunswick (1)
- Saskatchewan (1)
All countries
- Netherlands (734,755)
- France (101,429)
- United States (8,705)
- Belgium (8,166)
- Spain (6,048)
- Germany (5,350)
- Austria (2,864)
- Hungary (1,899)
- United Kingdom (1,193)
- Sweden (1,058)
- Poland (844)
- Czech republic (777)
- Switzerland (403)
- Algeria (402)
- Indonesia (390)
- Canada (348)
- Denmark (334)
- Italy (286)
- Unknown country (280)
- New Zealand (209)
- Australia (189)
- Finland (161)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (145)
- Norway (135)
- Luxembourg (119)
- Suriname (73)
- Russian Federation (66)
- Netherlands Antilles (65)
- Ireland (59)
- South Africa (48)
- Romania (42)
- Morocco (36)
- New Caledonia (35)
- China (33)
- Tunisia (31)
- Viet Nam (31)
- Serbia (30)
- Paraguay (29)
- Turkey (27)
- Mexico (22)
Origine of last name
BOS : 1: Dutch South German and French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Boso or from a shortened form of Boshard composed of the elements bōs ‘bad evil wild angry’ (German böse Dutch boos) and hard ‘hardy brave’. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Boos">Boos</a>.2: Dutch: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bosch">Bosch</a>.3: French: regional variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bois">Bois</a> ‘wood’. This may also be a habitational name from (Le) Bos the name of several places mainly in southern France. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Dubos">Dubos</a>.4: Polish (Boś): from a pet form of a Slavic personal name beginning with Bo- such as Bolesław (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bolek">Bolek</a>) or Bogusław (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Boguslawski">Boguslawski</a>).5: Hungarian (Bős): from a pet form of the old personal name Bő.6: Hungarian (Bós): from the old personal name Bós.
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