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Bourgeois

in Rhode Island

There are 68 people with the last name "Bourgeois" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Bourgeois 2,096
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  1. is 2,092nd most common Alarie
  2. is 2,093rd most common August
  3. is 2,094th most common Battista
  4. is 2,095th most common Beliveau
  5. is 2,096th most common Bourgeois
  6. is 2,097th most common Cambra
  7. is 2,098th most common Cinquegrana
  8. is 2,099th most common Collette
  9. is 2,100th most common Conca

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bourgeois

Robert, Donna, Marie, Paul, Albert, Canda, James, Janice, Joseph, Jutta

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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