The Boucher surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,050 people carried this name — #1,791 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 19,554 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Boucher surname
A surname, Boucher, transferred from the common noun or originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Butcher.
Surname for a butcher (“boucher”), from Old French bochier (“butcher”), from boc (“he-goat”), from Frankish *bukk (“buck”, literally “butcher”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boucher» (French), 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 12,769 people named Boucher.
107 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 101 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 443 people named Boucher 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.
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 Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 7 births for the Boucher name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
98 people named Boucher live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 88 people named Boucher 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 Santa Fe.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Boucher is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Boucher in American newspapers,
1867–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 78,991 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boucher,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Boucher 1548–1646 · Catholic priest -
Jean Boucher 1575–1633 · painter -
Pierre Boucher 1622–1717 · military personnel -
Charles Boucher d'Orsay 1641–1714 · magistrate -
Marie-Charlotte Boucher 1690–1756
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 223 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boucher.
- Boubel 240 · U.S. census
- Bouc 190 · U.S. census
- Boucard 205 · U.S. census
- Bouchard 13,154 · U.S. census
- Bouchat 120 · U.S. census
- Bouche 745 · U.S. census
- Bouchereau 205 · U.S. census
- Bouchet 145 · U.S. census
- Bouchez 142 · U.S. census
- Bouchier 100 · U.S. census
- Bouckaert 179 · U.S. census
- Bouder 262 · U.S. census
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