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    The surname Bouley

    A French surname, carried by 1,848 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B400

    Bouley: #15,771 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bouley #15,771, 1,848 people Bouley: #15,771 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bouley #15,771, 1,848 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bouley is more common than 90.3% 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 1,848 people named Bouley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,070 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,760.

    #15,771
    rank among US surnames
    1,848
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #15,327)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,763Delmonte1,849166,980
    #15,771Prock1,848167,070
    #15,777Sanz1,847167,161

    Who is named Bouley

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

    94% of people named Bouley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bouley

    Bouley has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bouley come from?
    Bouley is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Bouley?
    1,848 people in the United States had the surname Bouley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,070 Americans. It ranked 15,771st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bouley?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bouley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bouley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,848 in 2010, up 5.0%.