The Bureau surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 797 people carried this name — #28,256 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,660 people named Bureau.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Paris.
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 314 people named Bureau 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 Hainaut.
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
24 people named Bureau live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Bureau.
- Burckhardt 378 · U.S. census
- Burckle 112 · U.S. census
- Burda 1,680 · U.S. census
- Burdin 536 · U.S. census
- Burdon 329 · U.S. census
- Bure 231 · U.S. census
- Burek 1,032 · U.S. census
- Burel 420 · U.S. census
- Burelle 148 · U.S. census
- Bures 861 · U.S. census
- Burey 132 · U.S. census
- Burg 4,759 · U.S. census
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