Popularity of the last name by country

France

• Cantal (12,087)
• Paris (9,724)
• Dordogne (9,596)
• Somme (8,896)
• Nord (5,516)
• Lot (4,505)
• Aveyron (4,388)
• Finistère (4,051)
• Gironde (3,901)
• Corrèze (3,573)
• Ardèche (3,444)
• Pyrénées-Orientales (2,095)
• Seine-Maritime (1,684)
• Eure (1,596)
• Côtes-d'Armor (1,592)
• Pas-de-Calais (1,505)
• Isère (1,406)
• Haute-Loire (1,376)
• Gard (1,168)
• Bouches-du-Rhône (1,132)
• Aude (1,099)
• Rhône (1,089)
• Bas-Rhin (769)
• Puy-de-Dôme (688)
• Morbihan (612)
• Oise (586)
• Calvados (562)
• Aisne (536)
• Landes (524)
• Hauts-de-Seine (506)
• Tarn-et-Garonne (498)
• Seine-Saint-Denis (493)
• Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (463)
• Hérault (458)
• Vienne (413)
• Yvelines (390)
• Doubs (387)
• Ille-et-Vilaine (332)
• Haute-Garonne (325)
• Gers (325)
• Drôme (321)
• Val-de-Marne (299)
• Charente-Maritime (292)
• Saône-et-Loire (290)
• Charente (286)
• Cher (284)
• Tarn (276)
• Haut-Rhin (274)
• Var (273)
• Marne (241)
• Jura (227)
• Loire (224)
• Creuse (209)
• Seine-et-Marne (200)
• Meuse (197)
• Pyrénées-Atlantiques (195)
• Lot-et-Garonne (194)
• Alpes-Maritimes (188)
• Indre (188)
• Indre-et-Loire (188)

All countries

• Netherlands (734,093)
• France (101,392)
• United States (8,715)
• Belgium (8,163)
• Spain (6,048)
• Germany (5,344)
• Austria (2,864)
• Hungary (1,899)
• United Kingdom (1,193)
• Sweden (1,058)
• Poland (844)
• Czech republic (777)
• Switzerland (403)
• Algeria (402)
• Indonesia (389)
• Canada (347)
• 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.