Boudreau is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Boudreau
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: The name is focused in the Deux-Sèvres (Alternative: Boudreault). We find in the Aisne forms Boudreaux, Boudriaux. It should be a diminutive of Boudier (qv), as shown Boudereau forms (36, 29) and Boudereaux (02). Boudreau are also found in Canada, the name having appeared in Acadia in the early seventeenth century: Michel Boudrot is mentioned in 1639 in a document written in Port Royal, and seems from near La Rochelle. Note that in France the name Boudrot is focused in Burgundy (Alternative: Boudriot).

How popular is Boudreau?

Boudreau is common in United States.

Boudreau is ranked 14658 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Boudreau bearers increased by 0.657567 per cent in 2010 US census to 10103 since 2000, the surname slipped by 262 spots and ranked at 3534. The last name was found in around 34 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.26 96.56
Hispanic or Latino 2.12 1.11
Others 1.23 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.68 0.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0.46
Black 0.33 0.35
Boudreau is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Canada which signifies that it is originated from Canada. Around 35948 people have been found who wears Boudreau as their family name. Boudreau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
10,542 China4
10,686 Costa Rica3
14,078 Japan3
32,086 Mexico3
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
13,552 Qatar2
91,784 Netherlands2
50,640 Switzerland2
124,220 Italy2
54,641 Sweden2
3,478 Haiti2
1,333 Guam2
18,969 Wales1
5,553 Taiwan1
897,276 Russia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
31,584 Peru1
810,193 Indonesia1
19,533 Uruguay1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
7,292 Vietnam1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
36,678 Singapore1
120,357 Argentina1
2,374 Bermuda1
169,904 Brazil1
34,581 Chile1
49,101 Denmark1
12,741 Ecuador1
172,258 Germany1
692 Guinea1
3,586 Honduras1
16,640 Hong Kong1
49,529 Israel1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,935 Madagascar1
66,560 Philippines1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
38,841 Scotland1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
61,159 Australia30
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with hundreds of Boudreau:
31,070 Turkey140
84,907 France110
Countries with ten thousands of Boudreau:
128 Canada22,198
3,020 United States13,343
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Boudreau Namesakes

  • Abbie Boudreau, Correspondent
  • Jean Boudreau, Political figure
  • Lou Boudreau, Baseball player
  • Victor Boudreau, Politician
  • Balthazar Boudreau, Singer
  • Victor Boudreau, Politician
  • Bruce Boudreau, Ice hockey coach
  • Dany Boudreault, Actor
  • Lou Boudreau, Baseball player
  • Bruce Boudreau, Ice hockey coach
  • Hannah Boudreau, from 2016 drama and fantasy flick Mon ange, who played Madeleine enfant.
  • In 2010 horror film, Texas Road, Jennifer Boudreau played Kyra.
  • Eric Boudreau portrayed the leading character of Zippo in 2011 musical, sci-fi flick Marty's Magnificent Day-Glo Dream-A-Thon.

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