How common is the surname Bouvier?

1,787 people in the United States had the surname Bouvier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. It ranked 16,171st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bouvier?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bouvier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bouvier?

John Vernou Bouvier III, American socialite and Wall Street stockbroker (1891–1957), followed by Janet Lee Bouvier.

Where is the surname Bouvier most common?

Wikidata records people named Bouvier in the United States.

Is the surname Bouvier getting more or less common?

More common. 1,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,787 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Bouvier

A French surname, carried by 1,787 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bouvier is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

French origin

(surname): From French Bouvier.

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 1,787 people named Bouvier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,718.

#16,171

rank among US surnames

1,787

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #15,619)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,166	Hayek	1,788	172,676
#16,171	Macario	1,787	172,773
#16,179	Rickards	1,786	172,870

Who is named Bouvier

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

94% of people named Bouvier identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bouviers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bouvier

Bober

Bouvier has the Soundex code B160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B160.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bouvier come from?: (surname): From French Bouvier.
How common is the surname Bouvier?: 1,787 people in the United States had the surname Bouvier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. It ranked 16,171st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bouvier?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bouvier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bouvier?: John Vernou Bouvier III, American socialite and Wall Street stockbroker (1891–1957), followed by Janet Lee Bouvier.
Where is the surname Bouvier most common?: Wikidata records people named Bouvier in the United States.
Is the surname Bouvier getting more or less common?: More common. 1,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,787 in 2010, up 4.0%.