The Bout surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 136 people carried this name — #126,018 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 120 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 370 people named Bout.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Lozère.
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 44 people named Bout 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Bout,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pieter Bout 1658–1719 · artist
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Roger Bout 1939–2016 · jurist
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Brigitte Bout 1941–2024 · engineer
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Jan van den Bout 1949– · clinical psychologist
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Ger C. Bout 1950–2017 · architect
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Viktor Bout 1967– · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bout.
- Bourquin 1,051 · U.S. census
- Bourret 383 · U.S. census
- Boursiquot 569 · U.S. census
- Boury 134 · U.S. census
- Bousquet 2,637 · U.S. census
- Bousson 192 · U.S. census
- Bouteiller 205 · U.S. census
- Boutet 194 · U.S. census
- Bouthillier 426 · U.S. census
- Boutillier 133 · U.S. census
- Boutin 3,749 · U.S. census
- Bouton 2,459 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bout is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.