# Bouvier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bouvier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French, equivalent to English Coward or Cowherd.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,787 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,171 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 172,773 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (1,718 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

(surname): From French Bouvier.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bouvier in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bouvier in the United States.

## People named Bouvier

- John Vernou Bouvier III, American socialite and Wall Street stockbroker (1891–1957)
- Janet Lee Bouvier, American socialite (1907-1989); mother of the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Pri
- Lee Radziwill, American socialite (1933–2019)

## Similar surnames

Bober, Beaver, Baber, Bieber, Beaupre, Bever.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.