The Bouchet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 145 people carried this name — #119,508 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 15% from 171 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,208 people named Bouchet.
135 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 674 people named Bouchet 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
128 people named Bouchet live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 86 people named Bouchet 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 Limburg.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bouchet.
- Boucard 205 · U.S. census
- Bouchard 13,154 · U.S. census
- Bouchat 120 · U.S. census
- Bouche 745 · U.S. census
- Boucher 20,050 · U.S. census
- Bouchereau 205 · U.S. census
- Bouchez 142 · U.S. census
- Bouchier 100 · U.S. census
- Bouckaert 179 · U.S. census
- Bouder 262 · U.S. census
- Boudet 200 · U.S. census
- Boudin 153 · U.S. census
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