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    The surname Bouton

    A French surname, carried by 2,459 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B350

    Bouton: #12,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bouton #12,587, 2,459 people Bouton: #12,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bouton #12,587, 2,459 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bouton is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French bouton ("button").

    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 2,459 people named Bouton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,557 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,326.

    #12,587
    rank among US surnames
    2,459
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,266)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,581Storch2,461125,455
    #12,584Graver2,460125,506
    #12,587Leu2,459125,557
    #12,593Roesler2,458125,608

    Who is named Bouton

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

    90% of people named Bouton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Boutons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jim Bouton
      American baseball player (1939–2019)
    • Betty Bouton
      American actress (b. 1891)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bouton

    Bouton has the Soundex code B350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B350.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bouton come from?
    From French bouton ("button").
    How common is the surname Bouton?
    2,459 people in the United States had the surname Bouton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,557 Americans. It ranked 12,587th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bouton?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bouton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bouton?
    Jim Bouton, American baseball player (1939–2019), followed by Betty Bouton.
    Where is the surname Bouton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bouton in the United States.
    Is the surname Bouton getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,459 in 2010, up 5.7%.