How Many People Have the Last Name Boss?
people had the surname Boss in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 34,602 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−18 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Boss (86.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 8.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Boss ranks #3,143. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Boss fell from 8,547 people in 2000 to 8,529 in 2010 (down 0.2%), and its rank fell from #3,809 to #4,154.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 8,547 | 8,529 |
| Rank | #3,809 | #4,154 |
| Per 100,000 people | 3.17 | 2.89 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Boss
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Boss: B200
👤 Boss as a First Name
Boss is a first name too: about 218 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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