How common is the surname Bourque?

8,973 people in the United States had the surname Bourque in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,408 Americans. It ranked 3,961st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bourque?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bourque identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bourque?

Chris Bourque, American ice hockey player, followed by Phil Bourque.

Where is the surname Bourque most common?

Wikidata records people named Bourque in the United States.

Is the surname Bourque getting more or less common?

More common. 8,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,973 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Bourque

A French surname, carried by 8,973 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bourque is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Bourque.

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 8,973 people named Bourque in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,408 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,635.

#3,961

rank among US surnames

8,973

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,768)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,953	Clarkson	9,004	34,290
#3,954	Mullis	9,003	34,294
#3,955	Beattie	8,993	34,332
#3,956	Sigler	8,992	34,336
#3,957	Neuman	8,982	34,374
#3,958	Sevilla	8,980	34,381
#3,959	Pollack	8,977	34,393

Who is named Bourque

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

96% of people named Bourque identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bourques

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Bourque
American ice hockey player, born 1986
Phil Bourque
American ice hockey player, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bourque

Bourque has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bourque come from?: From French Bourque.
How common is the surname Bourque?: 8,973 people in the United States had the surname Bourque in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,408 Americans. It ranked 3,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bourque?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bourque identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bourque?: Chris Bourque, American ice hockey player, followed by Phil Bourque.
Where is the surname Bourque most common?: Wikidata records people named Bourque in the United States.
Is the surname Bourque getting more or less common?: More common. 8,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,973 in 2010, up 3.9%.