The Boule surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 482 people carried this name — #44,576 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 502 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,037 people named Boule.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Boule live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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.
Who carried it
People named Boule,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josep Boule 1822–1895 · merchant
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Marcellin Boule 1861–1942 · geologist
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Marcellin Boule 1861–1942 · geologist
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Michel Boule 1937– · rugby league player
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Monique Bourgarel Boule 1950– · visual artist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boule.
- Boula 139 · U.S. census
- Boulais 435 · U.S. census
- Bouland 158 · U.S. census
- Boulanger 2,551 · U.S. census
- Boulas 148 · U.S. census
- Boulay 1,440 · U.S. census
- Bouler 539 · U.S. census
- Boulet 957 · U.S. census
- Bouley 1,848 · U.S. census
- Boulier 514 · U.S. census
- Boulin 160 · U.S. census
- Boulineau 226 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Boule is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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