The Bourdon surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,879 people carried this name — #14,544 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,291 people named Bourdon.
103 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 309 people named Bourdon 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 Hainaut.
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
57 people named Bourdon live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Bourdon.
- Bourda 201 · U.S. census
- Bourdeau 1,771 · U.S. census
- Bourdeaux 191 · U.S. census
- Bourdet 109 · U.S. census
- Bourdette 132 · U.S. census
- Bourdier 301 · U.S. census
- Bourelle 120 · U.S. census
- Bouret 144 · U.S. census
- Bourey 170 · U.S. census
- Bourg 2,678 · U.S. census
- Bourgault 748 · U.S. census
- Bourge 109 · U.S. census
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