Boucher is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Boucher
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: Trade name, of course. A precision however: at the beginning, was that the butcher who slaughters the goats or a blood-thirsty man. But soon, this name has replaced the old maiselier (disappeared in the fifteenth century) to take its present meaning. This and Picardy that the surname is most prevalent.

How popular is Boucher?

Boucher is common in France.

Boucher is ranked 5352 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Boucher bearers increased by 2.536565 per cent in 2010 US census to 20050 since 2000, the surname slipped by 114 spots and ranked at 1791. The last name was found in around 68 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.21 94.87
Black 2.02 1.47
Hispanic or Latino 1.86 1.36
Others 1.6 1.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.56
Boucher is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Canada which signifies that it is originated from Canada. Around 102291 people have been found who wears Boucher as their family name. Boucher is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
5,318 China8
5,565 Costa Rica8
541,660 Russia8
7,646 Japan7
662 New Caledonia3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
35,184 Poland3
16,605 Austria3
457 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
127,708 Czech Republic3
18,114 Algeria3
35,789 Turkey3
16,136 Kenya3
8,926 Cameroon3
4,367 Afghanistan2
18,718 Thailand2
2,168 Suriname2
473 Anguilla2
250 Tonga2
20,837 Venezuela2
34,681 Norway2
28,232 Morocco2
2,401 Honduras2
9,185 Hong Kong2
883 Macau2
1,256 Myanmar2
1,421 Gabon2
810,193 Indonesia1
25,746 Finland1
10,190 Bahrain1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
1,254 Gibraltar1
7,790 Zambia1
53,033 Nigeria1
25,721 Egypt1
746 Dominica1
6,033 Benin1
2,374 Bermuda1
8,181 Botswana1
16,228 Bulgaria1
340 Comoros1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
880 Djibouti1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
1,818 Guernsey1
7,292 Vietnam1
6,688 Malawi1
2,040 Mali1
586 San Marino1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
17,768 Pakistan1
8,268 Mauritius1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,935 Madagascar1
165,773 Belarus1
9,498 Iceland1
8,859 Iraq1
2,613 The Bahamas1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
16,073 Latvia1
1,179 Swaziland1
12,270 Lebanon1
7,895 South Korea1
9,591 Panama1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
16,483 Chile45
21,712 Sweden44
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,456 Spain100
1,614 Senegal75
4,367 Qatar58
1,061 Luxembourg53
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Boucher:
10,993 Germany908
2,068 Belgium772
1,002 Wales395
13,215 Mexico314
4,547 Switzerland261
39,199 Philippines258
8,230 Peru242
23,599 Argentina224
1,424 Jamaica196
42,475 Italy190
4,040 New Zealand189
738 Guyana188
10,151 Malaysia177
2,148 Namibia163
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
4,108 Scotland144
64,630 Brazil143
20,168 Netherlands133
3,096 Ireland131
1,548 Trinidad and Tobago117
9,004 United Arab Emirates107
2,133 Northern Ireland107
455 Barbados101
Countries with thousands of Boucher:
899 South Africa7,397
2,684 England2,920
786 Haiti2,038
1,896 Australia1,662
Countries with ten thousands of Boucher:
53 Canada33,942
1,591 United States24,849
152 France23,304
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Boucher was 50 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on October 30, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took West Point from Liverpool. Anthony Boucher, aged 13, Jas. Boucher, aged 22, Sally Boucher (20) Workwoman, Mary Boucher (18) Workwoman, Workman Richard Boucher, Mary Boucher, aged 23, Michael Boucher (22) Workman, Workwoman Catherine Boucher, and 18 other Boucher around 60% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and carpenter migrated to US.

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 Boucher is a family name, profession name, designating one who originally sold the goat meat.

Boucher Namesakes

  • François Boucher, Adélard Joseph Boucher's son
  • Jesse L. Boucher, Real Estate Broker
  • Aimé Boucher, Politician
  • Aimé Boucher, Politician
  • Alcée Bouchereau, Author
  • Alpha Boucher, Actor
  • Andrée Boucher, Politician
  • Andrée Boucher, Actor
  • Andrée Boucher, Politician
  • Andrée Boucher, Actor
  • In 2010, Susanne Boucher portrayed the role of Mari in comedy flick Keeper'n til Liverpool.
  • Nathan Boucher portrayed central role of Officer Roberts in 2018 drama, thriller movie The Dental Plan.
  • In 2014, Jean-Carl Boucher played the role of Ricardo Trogi in biography and comedy flick 1987.

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