Boulanger is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Boulanger
No. of characters: 9
Origin: France
Meaning: This is of course a trade name, which appears in the texts that in the twelfth century (bulingarius medieval Latin in 1120). The word comes from a Picardy form boulenc (= baker), derived itself from the Dutch bolle (= round bread). Before the twelfth century, especially it was called in French "Pestour" to describe this business. It is natural in Picardy that the name is the most common.

How popular is Boulanger?

Boulanger is common in France.

Boulanger is ranked 14269 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Boulanger bearers increased by 2.121697 per cent in 2010 US census to 2551 since 2000, the surname slipped by 665 spots and ranked at 12208. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.55 93.35
Hispanic or Latino 2.74 2.16
Others 1.84 1.68
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.37 1.12
Black 1.14 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.35 0.52
Boulanger is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 37010 people have been found who wears Boulanger as their family name. Boulanger is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,892 Senegal9
95,557 Czech Republic6
615,517 Russia6
607,991 Indonesia5
7,113 Costa Rica5
35,184 Poland3
16,605 Austria3
19,093 Finland2
4,164 Vietnam2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
3,014 Taiwan2
18,625 Japan2
4,302 Benin2
14,521 Portugal2
40,256 Mexico2
34,681 Norway2
53,033 Nigeria1
50,549 Georgia1
38,063 Mauritania1
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
28,746 Algeria1
18,969 Wales1
24,771 Colombia1
15,705 Cameroon1
8,268 Mauritius1
2,309 Monaco1
2,211 Brunei1
7,314 Bolivia1
9,591 Panama1
36,814 Romania1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
2,724 New Caledonia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
14,644 Tunisia1
53,505 Turkey1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
1,542 Andorra1
113 Falkland Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,070 Australia45
42,407 Sweden22
23,914 Denmark20
18,457 Scotland20
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,761 Netherlands93
57,588 Argentina75
32,662 Spain73
78,184 Italy67
Countries with hundreds of Boulanger:
2,690 Ivory Coast877
3,855 Venezuela477
23,918 Germany437
12,659 Morocco403
31,115 Brazil382
20,379 South Africa292
24,100 England204
182 Luxembourg185
10,604 Peru157
2,019 Hong Kong119
9,988 Switzerland117
Countries with thousands of Boulanger:
614 Canada7,536
10,611 United States3,423
386 Belgium2,754
Countries with ten thousands of Boulanger:
206 France19,140
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Achille Boulanger worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 29 years old embarked for USA from London on Australia and arrived on August 12, 1880. Louis Boulanger, aged 1, Maria Boulanger, 2 years old Marie Boulanger, are others that migrated to US.

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 Boulanger is a surname of the northern region, represents a trade name became surname.

Boulanger Namesakes

  • Guillaume Boulanger characterized central character of Guillaume Woodhard in 2011 horror flick Amityville V the Dollhouse.
  • In 2013 horror movie, Slendr!, Patrick Boulanger played Patt McClay.
  • In 2011 horror movie, Amityville V the Dollhouse, Sylvain B. Boulanger played Sylvain - Real Estate Agent.
  • Armande Boulanger portrayed leading role of Lucie in 2015 drama movie Silence du léopard.

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