Labouchere Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Labouchere Surname Definition:

(French-Teut.) The Butcher; properly a fem. form = The Butcher’s Wife, or Female Meat-Seller [French La Bouchère; Old French bochier, a goat- killer; from O.H.Ger. boc (mod. bock), a he-goat]

Labouchere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
England341:1,638,76668,634
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Wales41:773,63329,106
France11:66,422,722504,397
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Labouchère (14) are calculated separately.

Labouchere Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French-Teut.) The Butcher; properly a fem. form = The Butcher’s Wife, or Female Meat-Seller [French La Bouchère; Old French bochier, a goat- killer; from O.H.Ger. boc (mod. bock), a he-goat]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(French-Teut.) The Butcher; properly a fem. form = The Butcher’s Wife, or Female Meat-Seller

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This family left France at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and became established in Holland. The first settler in England was Peter Caesar Labouchere, Esq., who purchased estates in Essex and Somerset, and died in 1839.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Labouchere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Labouchere is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Labouchère. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Labouchere? popularity and diffusion

The surname Labouchere is the 1,637,889th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Labouchere are found; 33 percent are found in Western Europe and 32 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Labouchere is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 433,005. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Holland, where 51 percent are found, South Holland, where 36 percent are found and Utrecht, where 13 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Labouchere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Labouchere has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Labouchere last name grew 850 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 3,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Labouchere Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Labouchere last name are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

Labouchere earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.93% less than the national average, earning $38,000 USD per year.

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