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The Bougie surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 572 people carried this name — #38,640 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 523 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Bougie surname

Probably of French origin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bougie» (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 165 people named Bougie.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Loire-Atlantique 45
Meuse 18
Morbihan 15
Ille-et-Vilaine 14
Côtes-d’Armor 11
Orne 11
Paris 10
Isère 10

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

Who carried it

People named Bougie,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Bougie 1886–1918 · ice hockey player
  • Bettina Bougie 1939– · actor
  • Pierre Bougie 1946– · writer
  • Louis-Pierre Bougie 1946–2021 · artist
  • Jacques Bougie 1947– · jurist
  • Johan Roger Gisbert Bougie 1968– · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

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

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