Bours Surname
Approximately 1,800 people bear this surname
Bours Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 808 | 1:20,900 | 3,314 |
| Belgium | 349 | 1:32,942 | 5,355 |
| United States | 185 | 1:1,959,237 | 126,399 |
| Mexico | 163 | 1:761,510 | 11,327 |
| Germany | 148 | 1:543,956 | 45,184 |
| France | 83 | 1:800,274 | 96,515 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Bours Demographics
Average Bours Salary in
United States
$45,952 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bours Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bours Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bours occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bours.
How Common Is The Last Name Bours? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 225,704th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,048,637 people. Bours occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Bours live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 808 people, or 1 in 20,900. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Limburg, where 56 percent live, North Brabant, where 13 percent live and Gelderland, where 11 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Bours Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bours has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 617 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bours Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bours last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.
Bours earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.5% more than the national average, earning $45,952 USD 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 Bours
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