Last Name BOUCHER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	A butcher; a blood-thirsty man.

Origin	French, Jewish, Irish, Haitian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	1,677 (2000 US census)	1,018 (1990 US census)

Count	19,554 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.87%, or 18551 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.47%, or 287 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 92 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.56%, or 110 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.28%, or 250 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.36%, or 266 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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