The Bouvet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 188 people carried this name — #96,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 194 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,027 people named Bouvet.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 560 people named Bouvet 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 Entre Ríos.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
67 people named Bouvet live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bouvet.
- Boutin 3,749 · U.S. census
- Bouton 2,459 · U.S. census
- Boutot 473 · U.S. census
- Boutros 916 · U.S. census
- Bouts 149 · U.S. census
- Boutte 3,241 · U.S. census
- Bouvier 1,787 · U.S. census
- Bouvy 125 · U.S. census
- Bouy 227 · U.S. census
- Bouye 150 · U.S. census
- Bouyer 835 · U.S. census
- Bouza 680 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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