The Boquet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 529 people carried this name — #41,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 10% from 482 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,639 people named Boquet.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 55 people named Boquet live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Boquet in American newspapers,
1843–1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 66,254 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boquet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis-René Boquet 1717–1814 · painter -
Jules Charles Boquet 1840–1931 · painter -
Ernest Maximilien Boquet 1869–1943 · military personnel -
Simon-Louis Boquet 1743–1833 · sculptor
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Pierre Jean Boquet 1750–1817 · engraver
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Jean-Alexandre Boquet 1752–1828 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boquet.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Boquet is.
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