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Surname Bos in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Bos families are Croats (from Koprivnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Koprivnica area. In Benkovec in Lepoglava area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Bos.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Bos live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Benkovec in Lepoglava area (<10), Stubicke Toplice in Oroslavje area (<10), Koprivnicki Bregi in Koprivnica area (<10), Kalnik in Varazdinske Toplice area (<10), and in Koprivnica (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Bos (including: Boss , Boos , Bosh , Bhos , Bohs , Boosz , Booss , Bosz and Boosh ) is present in 172 countries worldwide. The family name "Bos " is used by some 200000 people in the Netherlands , about 20000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Germany. "Boss " is used by some 40000 people in Bangladesh , about 20000 in the United States , and some 10000 people in Algeria. "Boos " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 9000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Brazil.
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Characteristic first names
Miroslav Bos,
Stjepan Bos,
Irena Bos,
Nina Bos,
Ivan Bos,
Zoran Bos,
Vlado Bos,
Izidor Bos,
Dražen Bos,
Theo Bos,
Agnes Bos,
Ben Bos,
Eduard Bos,
Ines Bos,
Franjo Bos,
Katica Bos,
Božidar Bos,
Dragica Bos,
Štefica Bos
