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Bourgeois

in Illinois

There are 123 people with the last name "Bourgeois" in Illinois.

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Bourgeois 9,174
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  1. is 9,170th most common Andrzejewski
  2. is 9,171st most common Atlas
  3. is 9,172nd most common Awad
  4. is 9,173rd most common Bick
  5. is 9,174th most common Bourgeois
  6. is 9,175th most common Brueggeman
  7. is 9,176th most common Bruning
  8. is 9,177th most common Coniglio
  9. is 9,178th most common Corry

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bourgeois

John, Mark, Martin, Paul, Adam, Anne, Dan, Danielle, Dolores, Fred

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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