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    The surname Bouie

    A French surname, carried by 2,222 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B000

    Bouie: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bouie #13,627, 2,222 people Bouie: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bouie #13,627, 2,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bouie is more common than 91.6% 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 2,222 people named Bouie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,083.

    #13,627
    rank among US surnames
    2,222
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #13,407)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887
    #13,627Shum2,222138,949

    Who is named Bouie

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

    80% of people named Bouie identified as Black (not Hispanic), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bouie

    Bouie has the Soundex code B000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B000.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bouie come from?
    Bouie is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Bouie?
    2,222 people in the United States had the surname Bouie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bouie?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Bouie identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bouie getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,083 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, up 6.7%.