The Boutros surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 916 people carried this name — #26,598 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 28% from 717 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Boutros surname
Borrowed from Arabic بُطْرُس (buṭrus, “Peter”). This surname is predominantly found in Iraq.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boutros» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 133 people named Boutros.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 the Nordic population registers
94 people named Boutros is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Boutros in American newspapers,
1898–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 570 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boutros,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albert Jamil Butros 1934–2021 · writer -
Julia Boutros 1968– · actor -
Sophie Boutros 1973– · film director -
Félix-Pierre Boutros 1806–1864 · translator
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Youssef Zaki Boutros 1932–
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Labib Boutros 1935–1998 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 16 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boutros.
- 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
- Boutot 473 · U.S. census
- Bouts 149 · U.S. census
- Boutte 3,241 · U.S. census
- Bouvet 188 · U.S. census
- Bouvier 1,787 · U.S. census
- Bouvy 125 · U.S. census
- Bouy 227 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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