# Boulanger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boulanger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,551 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,208 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 121,029 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (2,498 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

French boulanger, "baker".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boulanger in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Belanger, Bollinger, Ballinger, Bolinger, Bellanger, Bullinger, Boling, Blankenship, Blanchard, Blanco, Bowling, Billings.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.