What kind of last name/surname is Bostan?

Question

Bostan, not Boston.

Answer 1

It`s a Turkish name. Bostan means market garden.

Answer 2

Sounds Slavic  most likely Romanian (Serbian, Croatian, etc.). Had a team mate named Bostan once and I believe he was Romanian.

Answer 3

I used the immigration listings at ancestry.com, and find that there does not seem to be one certain place where all came from. I see Serbia, Ireland, India, among others.  These lists are usually later in time. The name also shows up in census records as early as 1880, which is often going to mean that the parents immigrated long before reliable lists were kept.

The short version is that to know where YOUR family comes from will have to use the reliable means of tracing the person, and not making an assumption that the name comes from a certain location.

If your ancestor is a recent arrival, he or his relatives could show up in the lists. If not, you will need other documents to identify the origin.