Bourgois surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bourgois surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 114 people carried this name — #145,220 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 25% from 153 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,835 people named Bourgois.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Pas-de-Calais 717
Nord 517
Seine-Maritime 128
Somme 106
Paris 91
Ardennes 29
Yvelines 20
Seine-et-Marne 19

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 605 people named Bourgois 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 271
Hainaut 199
East Flanders 77
Brussels-Capital 28
Walloon Brabant 17
Namur 8
Flemish Brabant 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Bourgois 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 13
Fribourg 6
Geneva 6
Aargau 4

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 Bourgois,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louyse Bourgois 1563–1636
  • Jacques François Augustin Bourgois 1741–1812 · politician
  • Aloysius Bourgois 1796–1874 · religious
  • Élie Bourgois 1881–1946 · gymnast
  • Irénée Bourgois 1926–1989 · politician
  • Maurice Bourgois 1931– · politician

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

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