The Bourque surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,635 people carried this name — #3,768 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 137 people named Bourque.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Doubs.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Bourque in American newspapers,
1909–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,241 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bourque,
with a public archive behind them.
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Romuald Bourque 1889–1974 · politician -
John Samuel Bourque 1894–1974 · politician -
Pierre Bourque 1942– · politician -
Pat Bourque 1947– · baseball player -
Benoît Bourque 1953– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 113 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bourque.
- Bourgue 147 · U.S. census
- Bourguignon 300 · U.S. census
- Bourland 2,337 · U.S. census
- Bourlier 284 · U.S. census
- Bourne 8,884 · U.S. census
- Bournique 106 · U.S. census
- Bourquin 1,043 · U.S. census
- Bourret 332 · U.S. census
- Boursiquot 431 · U.S. census
- Boury 164 · U.S. census
- Bousquet 2,569 · U.S. census
- Bousson 192 · U.S. census
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