The Bouvier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,787 people carried this name — #16,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,718 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bouvier surname
A surname from French, equivalent to English Coward or Cowherd.
(surname): From French Bouvier.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bouvier» (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 12,013 people named Bouvier.
170 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Isère.
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 603 people named Bouvier 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 Santa Fe.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 402 people named Bouvier 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 Namur.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
283 people named Bouvier live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Bouvier 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
Bouvier in American newspapers,
1882–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,210 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bouvier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Pierre Bouvier 1759–1843 · politician -
Marguerite Françoise Bouvier de la Mothe de Cepoy 1767–1808 -
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Bouvier 1770–1812 · military personnel -
Jean-Baptiste Bouvier 1783–1854 · bishop -
John Bouvier 1787–1851 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 193 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bouvier.
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