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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Average Bourasa Salary in
United States
$43,835 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bourasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bourasa (Georgian: ბოურასა, Hindi: बौरसा) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bourasa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourasa? popularity and diffusion
Bourasa is the 1,755,741st most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Bourasa live; 51 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 3,387,467. In The United States Bourasa is primarily concentrated in: Oregon, where 19 percent reside, Idaho, where 12 percent reside and Washington, where 5 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Georgia, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Bourasa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bourasa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 10,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bourasa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bourasa last name are 11.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.62% being registered with 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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Footnotes
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