Bourdon Surname

22,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,818 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Bourdon Surname Definition:

Geoffry, John, Arnald, Sylvester, Osbert, Ranulph Bordon, and others in Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William B. in Nortliants, Reginald and Roger in Gloucester 1199, RCR.

Bourdon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France16,6611:3,987305
Canada3,1751:11,6051,733
United States2,4261:149,40615,389
Belgium6971:16,4942,527
Germany1161:694,01353,217
England1081:515,90832,533
Mauritius881:14,6983,101
Australia711:380,22131,281
Switzerland641:128,32712,782
Brazil451:4,757,207124,005
Spain381:1,230,31741,658
Colombia361:1,327,05810,324
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
New Caledonia261:10,6242,723
Mexico241:5,171,92529,601
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Finland61:916,11741,832
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:641,45731,575
Jersey101:5,188903
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:528,61836,719

The alternate forms: Bourdón (3) are calculated separately.

Bourdon (151) may also be a first name.

Bourdon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Geoffry, John, Arnald, Sylvester, Osbert, Ranulph Bordon, and others in Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William B. in Nortliants, Reginald and Roger in Gloucester 1199, RCR.

The Norman People (1874)

Bourdon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bourdon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bourdon (Russian: Боурдон) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Bourdón. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bourdon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 22,799th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 305,968 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Bourdon reside; 72 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Bourdon is also the 749,223rd most numerous first name globally It is held by 151 people.

The last name Bourdon is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 16,661 people, or 1 in 3,987. In France it is most common in: Hauts-de-France, where 19 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found and Normandy, where 14 percent are found. Apart from France it is found in 66 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Bourdon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bourdon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bourdon surname grew 2,554 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 284 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bourdon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bourdon surname are 9.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.64% being registered with the party.

The amount Bourdon earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 14.68% more than the national average, earning $26,035,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.41% more than the national average, earning $46,779 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.87% less than the national average, earning $44,780 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bourdon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bourdon in the Russian language
Боурдонbourdon-

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