Bourque Surname
Approximately 25,054 people bear this surname
Bourque Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 13,129 | 1:2,806 | 347 |
| United States | 11,537 | 1:31,417 | 3,918 |
| France | 194 | 1:342,385 | 51,549 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 204 | 1:246,170 | 20,471 |
Bourque (36) may also be a first name.
Bourque Demographics
Average Bourque Salary in
United States
$44,485 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bourque Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourque Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bourque occurs most in Canada. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bourque click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourque? popularity and diffusion
It is the 21,720th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 290,874 people. Bourque is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Bourque are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,717,090th most common forename at a global level, held by 36 people.
Bourque is most frequent in Canada, where it is carried by 13,129 people, or 1 in 2,806. In Canada Bourque is mostly found in: Quebec, where 51 percent are found, New Brunswick, where 22 percent are found and Ontario, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Canada this surname is found in 41 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 46 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Bourque Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bourque has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bourque last name increased 5,655 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bourque Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bourque surname are 7.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.34% registered with the party.
The amount Bourque earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.1% more than the national average, earning $44,485 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.41% less than the national average, earning $44,014 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bourque
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