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The Boulet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 957 people carried this name — #25,751 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is down 2% from 974 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 5,679 people named Boulet.

71 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 71
Pas-de-Calais 816
Paris 478
Seine-Maritime 420
Nord 392
Lozère 344
Gard 194
Hérault 153
Saône-et-Loire 146

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 141 people named Boulet 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 Limburg.

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

Where they live today

Limburg 78
Hainaut 40
Namur 11
Liège 7
Walloon Brabant 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

43 people named Boulet 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 20
Geneva 16
Bern 4
Fribourg 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 Boulet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Boulet
    Paul Boulet 1884– · customs officer
  • Robert Boulet d. 1707
  • Louis Boulet d. 1839
  • Irène Boulet d. 1977
  • Jeanne Boulet 1749–1764 · herder
  • Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Boulet 1804–1864 · pedagogue

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Boulet.

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