The Bouchat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 120 people carried this name — #139,228 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 108 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 970 people named Bouchat 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 Namur.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 127 people named Bouchat.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Ardennes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
44 people named Bouchat live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 38 people named Bouchat 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 Entre Ríos.
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 Bouchat,
with a public archive behind them.
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André Bouchat 1939– · judge
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Alain Bouchat 1956– · ornithologist
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Christopher Bouchat 1967– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bouchat.
- Botz 606 · U.S. census
- Bou 1,039 · U.S. census
- Boubel 240 · U.S. census
- Bouc 190 · U.S. census
- Boucard 205 · U.S. census
- Bouchard 13,154 · U.S. census
- Bouche 745 · U.S. census
- Boucher 20,050 · U.S. census
- Bouchereau 205 · U.S. census
- Bouchet 145 · U.S. census
- Bouchez 142 · U.S. census
- Bouchier 100 · U.S. census
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