The Bourgeois surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,325 people carried this name — #2,705 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 12,765 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 15,264 people named Bourgeois.
266 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 2,193 people named Bourgeois 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
847 people named Bourgeois live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 110 people named Bourgeois live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bourgeois in American newspapers,
1893–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 70,157 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bourgeois,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marin Bourgeois 1550–1634 · painter -
Louise Bourgeois Boursier 1563–1636 · writer -
Pierre Étienne Bourgeois de Boynes 1718–1783 · politician -
Francis Bourgeois 1753–1811 · art dealer -
Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois 1759–1832 · physicist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 171 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bourgeois.
- Bourey 141 · U.S. census
- Bourg 2,745 · U.S. census
- Bourgault 781 · U.S. census
- Bourge 120 · U.S. census
- Bourgeau 162 · U.S. census
- Bourgeault 184 · U.S. census
- Bourget 1,297 · U.S. census
- Bourgoin 1,291 · U.S. census
- Bourgois 114 · U.S. census
- Bourgon 104 · U.S. census
- Bourgue 147 · U.S. census
- Bourguignon 317 · U.S. census
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