The Fougere surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 521 people carried this name — #41,728 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 480 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fougere surname
From the noun fougère (“fern, bracken”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Fougere» (English) and «Fougère» (French), 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 1,551 people named Fougere.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
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 33 people named Fougere 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.
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 Fougere,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michael Fougere 1956–
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Myriam Fougere 1964– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fougere.
- Foster 227,764 · U.S. census
- Foti 2,690 · U.S. census
- Foubert 172 · U.S. census
- Foucault 400 · U.S. census
- Fouche 1,147 · U.S. census
- Foucher 412 · U.S. census
- Fougerousse 291 · U.S. census
- Foulon 125 · U.S. census
- Fouquet 325 · U.S. census
- Fourcade 152 · U.S. census
- Fourie 316 · U.S. census
- Fournerat 114 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Fougere is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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