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The Bourdeau surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,062 people carried this name — #14,478 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 16% from 1,771 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,993 people named Bourdeau.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Deux-Sèvres 181
Loire-Atlantique 164
Paris 163
Cher 134
Vienne 114
Charente-Maritime 105
Indre 96
Vendée 88

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 23 people named Bourdeau 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 West Flanders.

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

Where they live today

West Flanders 13
Antwerp 5
Namur 5

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

In print

Bourdeau in American newspapers,
1879–1915.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Bourdeau
Evening Star 1915-07-20
Newspaper page from The Jewish Advance carrying the name Bourdeau
The Jewish Advance 1879-12-05
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Bourdeau
The Washington Times 1915-07-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,539 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bourdeau,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eugène Bourdeau
    Eugène Bourdeau 1850–1926 · composer
  • Pierre Bourdeau 1659–1713
  • Antoine François Bourdeau-Desmaret de Fontenay 1762–1838 · politician
  • Pierre-Alpinien Bourdeau 1770–1845 · lawyer
  • Pierre-Alpinien Bourdeau 1779–1845 · lawyer
  • Gabriel Bourdeau de Lajudie 1788–1877 · politician

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Bourdeau.

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