# Bourbon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bourbon/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 678 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,596 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 455,377 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (632 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbʊə(ɹ).bən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The French Bourbon dynasty is named for the lordship of Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Gaulish Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). Compare brew and fervent. The subsidiary senses derive from the dynasty's name.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bourbon 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bourbon in France.

## People named Bourbon

- Princess Blanca of Bourbon, Austro-Tuscan Imperial and Royal (1868-1949)

## Similar surnames

Borbon, Burbank, Brabham, Brabant.

## 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.