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    The surname Bouffard

    A French surname, carried by 1,838 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B163

    Bouffard: #15,833 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bouffard #15,833, 1,838 people Bouffard: #15,833 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bouffard #15,833, 1,838 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bouffard is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    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 1,838 people named Bouffard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,979 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,800.

    #15,833
    rank among US surnames
    1,838
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,042)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,824Stannard1,840167,796
    #15,827Bohannan1,839167,888
    #15,833Bouffard1,838167,979

    Who is named Bouffard

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

    93% of people named Bouffard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bouffard

    Bouffard has the Soundex code B163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B163.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bouffard come from?
    Bouffard is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Bouffard?
    1,838 people in the United States had the surname Bouffard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,979 Americans. It ranked 15,833rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bouffard?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bouffard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bouffard getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,800 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,838 in 2010, up 2.1%.