The Boudreaux surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,976 people carried this name — #2,282 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 15,240 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Boudreaux surname

A surname from Old French, common among Cajuns and Louisiana Creoles.

Borrowed from French Boudreaux.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boudreaux» (English), 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 27 people named Boudreaux.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Paris 17
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 2
Aisne 1
Oise 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Boudreaux in American newspapers,
1917–1928.

Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Boudreaux
The Bismarck Tribune 1928-11-19
Newspaper page from The Miller Press carrying the name Boudreaux
The Miller Press 1917-12-27
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Boudreaux
The Indianapolis Times 1928-11-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,627 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Boudreaux,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Florentin J. Boudreaux 1821–1894 · Christian minister
  • René Boudreaux 1880–1915 · rugby union player
  • Pierre Boudreaux 1882–1914 · docent
  • Jacques Boudreaux 1907–1955 · physician
  • H. Bruce Boudreaux 1914–1988 · zoologist
  • John L. Boudreaux 1917–2015 · saxophonist

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

In the public record

People named Boudreaux,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States480 records

480 records of the Boudreaux name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 369
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 99
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Allen John Boudreaux

    Born 1946; from Riverside, California. U.S. Army, duty soldier; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hector J. Boudreaux

    Born 1922 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at New Orleans; survey chainman. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Biloxi National Cemetery, Mississippi.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Dennis Boudreaux

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1886, died 1945; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 480 records for Boudreaux in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France12 records

12 records of the Boudreaux name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Roger Louis Boudreaux

    Born 1928 in Paris; died 2000 in Brou-sur-Chantereine (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Juliette Marthe Boudreaux

    Born 1909 in Paris; died 1971 in Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Francoise Henriette Boudreaux

    Born 1919 in Paris; died 1996 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Boudreaux in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Boudreaux name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Calixte U. Boudreaux

    Died 1939 in Belle Marche, Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mathilde Boudreaux

    Died 1929 in Cheticamp, Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Christina Boudreaux

    Married 1912 in Stellarton, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Boudreaux in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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