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 is most common in Canada. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourassa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 44,761st most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 627,804 people. Bourassa occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Bourassa are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Gallo-North America. Bourassa is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Canada, where it is borne by 7,817 people, or 1 in 4,714. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 76 percent live, Ontario, where 7 percent live and Alberta, where 7 percent live. Besides Canada it occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Bourassa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bourassa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bourassa last name rose 4,667 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bourassa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bourassa last name are 4.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.26% being registered to vote for the political 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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