The Boulanger surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,498 people carried this name — #11,543 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 107,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,207 people named Boulanger.
157 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Nord.
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 2,209 people named Boulanger 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 Liège.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
95 people named Boulanger live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boulanger.
- Bougie 523 · U.S. census
- Bouillon 425 · U.S. census
- Boul 152 · U.S. census
- Boula 136 · U.S. census
- Boulais 427 · U.S. census
- Bouland 150 · U.S. census
- Boulas 125 · U.S. census
- Boulay 1,326 · U.S. census
- Boule 502 · U.S. census
- Bouler 522 · U.S. census
- Boulet 974 · U.S. census
- Bouley 1,760 · U.S. census
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