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Bourgeois

in the US

There are 11,267 people with the last name "Bourgeois" in the United States.

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Bourgeois 2,472
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  1. is 2,468th most common Wiles
  2. is 2,469th most common Staton
  3. is 2,470th most common Westfall
  4. is 2,471st most common Amador
  5. is 2,472nd most common Bourgeois
  6. is 2,473rd most common Spear
  7. is 2,474th most common Newberry
  8. is 2,475th most common Rinehart
  9. is 2,476th most common Danielson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bourgeois

Michael, Robert, John, David, James, Paul, Mary, Joseph, Mark, Richard

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.

Recent Searches for "Bourgeois" in the US

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Michael Bourgeois (98 searches)
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