Bouchez surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bouchez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 142 people carried this name — #121,590 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 26% from 192 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,754 people named Bouchez.

37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Nord 719
Pas-de-Calais 702
Paris 241
Somme 232
Oise 152
Aisne 147
Marne 65
Savoie 41

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 691 people named Bouchez 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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 556
Walloon Brabant 35
Flemish Brabant 31
East Flanders 22
Luxembourg Province 15
Brussels-Capital 14
West Flanders 6
Liège 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

20 people named Bouchez live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Vaud 10
Geneva 4
Bern 3
Zurich 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Bouchez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Camille Bouchez
    Camille Bouchez 1840–1905 · lawyer
  • Pierre BOUCHEZ (Jean, Michel)
    Pierre BOUCHEZ (Jean, Michel) 1899–1982 · industrialist
  • Charles Bouchez 1811–1881 · painter
  • Charles Bouchez 1811–1854 · painter
  • Achille Louis Léon Bouchez 1856–1940 · military personnel
  • Arthur Bouchez 1891–1984 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bouchez is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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