Bourgeois (surname)

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Bourgeois is a French surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 49.6% of all known bearers of the surname Bourgeois were residents of France (frequency 1:1,819), 24.8% of the United States (1:19,760), 15.8% of Canada (1:3,157), 5.4% of Belgium (1:2,892) and 1.5% of Switzerland (1:7,254). [1]

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In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,819) in the following regions: [1] [ failed verification ]

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