How common is the surname Bouchard?

13,154 people in the United States had the surname Bouchard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,472 Americans. It ranked 2,739th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bouchard?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bouchard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bouchard?

Loren Bouchard, American director and musician, followed by Lucien Bouchard.

Where is the surname Bouchard most common?

Wikidata records people named Bouchard in the United States and Canada.

Is the surname Bouchard getting more or less common?

More common. 12,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,154 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Bouchard

A French surname, carried by 13,154 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bouchard is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Bouchard.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,154 people named Bouchard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,472 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,870.

#2,739

rank among US surnames

13,154

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,586)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,730	Tong	13,196	23,397
#2,731	Lyle	13,192	23,404
#2,732	Scales	13,190	23,408
#2,733	Segovia	13,182	23,422
#2,734	Burleson	13,176	23,432
#2,735	Chiu	13,174	23,436
#2,736	Witherspoon	13,171	23,441

Who is named Bouchard

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Bouchard identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bouchards

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Loren Bouchard
American director and musician, born 1969
Lucien Bouchard
Bloc Québécois Canadian politician, born 1938
Joe Bouchard
American musician, born 1948
Albert Bouchard
American drummer, born 1947
Raymond Bouchard
Bouchard, Raymond, 1945-

Notable Bouchards come mostly from the United States (3) and Canada (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Boshears
Busher

Surnames that sound like Bouchard

Bouchard has the Soundex code B263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B263.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bouchard come from?: Borrowed from French Bouchard.
How common is the surname Bouchard?: 13,154 people in the United States had the surname Bouchard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,472 Americans. It ranked 2,739th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bouchard?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bouchard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bouchard?: Loren Bouchard, American director and musician, followed by Lucien Bouchard.
Where is the surname Bouchard most common?: Wikidata records people named Bouchard in the United States and Canada.
Is the surname Bouchard getting more or less common?: More common. 12,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,154 in 2010, up 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Bouchard?: Boshears and Busher.