How rare is the last name Boss?

8,324 people in the United States have the last name Boss, about 1 in 35,908. It ranks #4,136 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BOSS

#4,136

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,324
About
1 in 35,908
This common or more
56.3%
Who bears it

Of the 8,324 people with the last name Boss, 82.4% reported their origin as White, 8.6% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Boss

#4,134 Bratcher · 8,328#4,135 Pollack · 8,326#4,137 Wofford · 8,320#4,138 Back · 8,316

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Boss, most common first.

#8,476 Bos · 3,737#8,551 Bose · 3,693#8,721 Bosse · 3,609#9,284 Boos · 3,364#12,551 Boes · 2,357#30,066 Bois · 834#30,224 Bosh · 829#30,403 Boas · 823

Also a first name

As a first name, Boss ranks #19,413 of 53,615, with 545 people. See Boss as a first name

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