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    The surname Bourgeois

    A French surname, carried by 13,325 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B622

    Bourgeois: #2,705 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bourgeois #2,705, 13,325 people Bourgeois: #2,705 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bourgeois #2,705, 13,325 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bourgeois is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Bourgeois

    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 13,325 people named Bourgeois in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,170 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,765.

    #2,705
    rank among US surnames
    13,325
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,598)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,696Shell13,36923,094
    #2,697Layne13,36723,098
    #2,698Gilliland13,35123,125
    #2,699Alba13,34723,132
    #2,700Shank13,34323,139
    #2,701Traylor13,34123,143
    #2,703Tam13,32723,167

    Who is named Bourgeois

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

    88% of people named Bourgeois identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bourgeoiss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Désiré Bourgeois
      Belgian footballer (1908-1996)
    • Victor Bourgeois
      Belgian architect (1897-1962)
    • Paul Bourgeois
      Belgian astronomer (1898-1974)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bourgeois

    Bourgeois has the Soundex code B622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B622.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bourgeois come from?
    Borrowed from French Bourgeois
    How common is the surname Bourgeois?
    13,325 people in the United States had the surname Bourgeois in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,170 Americans. It ranked 2,705th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bourgeois?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bourgeois identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bourgeois?
    Désiré Bourgeois, Belgian footballer (1908-1996), followed by Victor Bourgeois.
    Where is the surname Bourgeois most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bourgeois in Belgium.
    Is the surname Bourgeois getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,325 in 2010, up 4.4%.