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    The surname Bourgoin

    A French surname, carried by 1,291 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Bourgoin: #20,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bourgoin #20,541, 1,291 people Bourgoin: #20,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bourgoin #20,541, 1,291 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bourgoin is more common than 87.3% 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 1,291 people named Bourgoin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,152 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,203.

    #20,541
    rank among US surnames
    1,291
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,497)

    Who is named Bourgoin

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

    93% of people named Bourgoin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bourgoin

    Bourgoin has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bourgoin come from?
    Bourgoin is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Bourgoin?
    1,291 people in the United States had the surname Bourgoin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,152 Americans. It ranked 20,541st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bourgoin?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bourgoin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bourgoin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,291 in 2010, up 7.3%.