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Bourgeois

in California

There are 436 people with the last name "Bourgeois" in California.

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NameRank
Bourgeois 5,783
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  1. is 5,779th most common Majors
  2. is 5,780th most common Saint
  3. is 5,781st most common Schlesinger
  4. is 5,782nd most common Treadway
  5. is 5,783rd most common Bourgeois
  6. is 5,784th most common Colunga
  7. is 5,785th most common Dykstra
  8. is 5,786th most common Eugenio
  9. is 5,787th most common Fielder

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bourne, Bourque, Bourassa, Bourke, Bourland, Bourg, Bourn, Bourdeau, Bourdon, Bourquin

Most Common First Names for Bourgeois

John, Robert, Michael, Mark, Dana, Donna, Nancy, Peter, Susan

Meaning & History

French: status name from Old French burgeis ‘inhabitant and (usually) freeman of a (fortified) town’, ‘burgess’ (from bourg ‘fortification’).

FOREBEARS The records of Beaupré, Quebec, for 1667 document a Bourgeois from Picardy, with the secondary surnames Le Picard and Le Grand Picard. Another bearer of the name, from the Périgord region of France, is recorded in La Durentaye in 1697 with the secondary surname Laverdure.In LA, the name can be traced back to the early 18th century; most present-day bearers of the name are believed to be descended from refugees from Acadia in the mid 1760s.

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John Bourgeois, CA (8 searches)
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