Bourassa Surname
Approximately 11,608 people bear this surname
Bourassa 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 SurnameBourassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 7,817 | 1:4,714 | 671 |
| United States | 3,687 | 1:98,307 | 10,936 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Northern Ireland | 12 | 1:153,753 | 8,250 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Jamaica | 9 | 1:318,883 | 8,136 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 79 | 1:635,680 | 42,122 |
Bourassa (22) may also be a first name.
Bourassa 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.
- dohcdudeBourassa Demographics
Average Male Bourassa Height
176.31 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bourassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bourassa occurs more in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourassa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 44,761st most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 627,804 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Bourassa reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Gallo-North America. Bourassa is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 22 people.
Bourassa is most widespread in Canada, where it is carried by 7,817 people, or 1 in 4,714. In Canada it is most common in: Quebec, where 76 percent are found, Ontario, where 7 percent are found and Alberta, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Canada it exists in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Bourassa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bourassa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bourassa last name increased 4,667 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bourassa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bourassa surname are 4.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.26% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bourassa earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.04% more than the national average, earning $47,049 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.25% less than the national average, earning $43,102 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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