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    The surname Bourget

    A French surname, carried by 1,297 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B623

    Bourget: #20,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bourget #20,468, 1,297 people Bourget: #20,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bourget #20,468, 1,297 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bourget is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Bourget.

    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 1,297 people named Bourget in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,275.

    #20,468
    rank among US surnames
    1,297
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,575)

    Who is named Bourget

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

    91% of people named Bourget identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bourget

    Bourget has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bourget come from?
    From French Bourget.
    How common is the surname Bourget?
    1,297 people in the United States had the surname Bourget in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. It ranked 20,468th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bourget?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bourget identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bourget getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,275 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,297 in 2010, up 1.7%.