The Boileau surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 878 people carried this name — #27,452 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 869 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Boileau surname
A surname from French, equivalent to English Drinkwater.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boileau» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,516 people named Boileau.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Boileau live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 32 people named Boileau live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Boileau,
with a public archive behind them.
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Magdalen Desbrisay d. 1786
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Maria Wenham d. 1899
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Henrietta Maria Boileau d. 1837
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Ethel Mary Young d. 1942
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Theressa Boileau d. 1872
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Phyllis Irene Bowater d. 1959
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boileau.
When the index is not enough
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