How common is the surname Boulanger?

2,551 people in the United States had the surname Boulanger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,029 Americans. It ranked 12,208th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boulanger?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Boulanger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Boulanger getting more or less common?

More common. 2,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,551 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Boulanger

A French occupational surname, carried by 2,551 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boulanger is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

French boulanger, "baker".

Boulanger is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 2,551 people named Boulanger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,029 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,498.

#12,208

rank among US surnames

2,551

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,543)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,199	Baney	2,553	120,934
#12,204	Stimson	2,552	120,982
#12,208	Getchell	2,551	121,029
#12,212	Wicklund	2,550	121,077
#12,215	Hemmer	2,549	121,124

Who is named Boulanger

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

93% of people named Boulanger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boulanger

Boulanger has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Boulanger come from?: French boulanger, "baker".
How common is the surname Boulanger?: 2,551 people in the United States had the surname Boulanger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,029 Americans. It ranked 12,208th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boulanger?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Boulanger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Boulanger?: Boulanger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Boulanger getting more or less common?: More common. 2,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,551 in 2010, up 2.1%.