Bourasa Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Bourasa Surname User-submission:
Southern French: from a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Greek: variant of Booras. Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs 'frieze', a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra 'coarse untreated wool'), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade.
Read More About This SurnameBourasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 107 | 1:3,387,467 | 192,132 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Bourasa Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Southern French: from a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Greek: variant of Booras. Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs 'frieze', a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra 'coarse untreated wool'), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade.
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Bourasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bourasa (Georgian: ბოურასა, Hindi: बौरसा) is most common in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourasa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,755,741st most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. Bourasa occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Bourasa reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 3,387,467. In The United States Bourasa is mostly concentrated in: Oregon, where 19 percent live, Idaho, where 12 percent live and Washington, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Georgia, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Bourasa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bourasa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bourasa last name rose 10,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bourasa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Bourasa are 11.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.62% being registered to vote for the party.
Bourasa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.59% more than the national average, earning $43,835 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bourasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bourasa in the Georgian language | ||
| ბოურასა | bourasa | - |
| Bourasa in the Hindi language | ||
| बौरसा | baurasa | - |
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