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).
In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,819) in the following regions:Bourgeois surname distribution, forebears.io Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:548) Guadeloupe (1:758) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1:914) Centre-Val de Loire (1:1,127) Hauts-de-France (1:1,238) Grand Est (1:1,575) Île-de-France (1:1,718) Normandy (1:1,802)
Notable people
Adèle Bourgeois (1870–1935), French-Canadian author, composer Albéric Bourgeois (1876–1962), Canadian comic strip artist Alex Bourgeois, Belgian fencer Alfred Bourgeois (1964–2020), American murderer Alfred Edmond Bourgeois (1872–1939), Canadian politician Alyssa Bourgeois (born 2002), American professional soccer player Amandine Bourgeois (born 1979), French singer André Bourgeois (1928–2015), Belgian politician André Bourgeois (figure skater), Canadian figure skater Aubrey J. Bourgeois (1907–2011), United States Navy admiral Bernard Bourgeois (1929–2024), French philosopher Bradley Bourgeois (born 1994), American soccer player Brent Bourgeois (born 1958), American rock musician and producer Célia Bourgeois (born 1983), French cross-country skier Charles Bourgeois (1879–1940), Canadian politician Charles-François Bourgeois (1759–1821), French general Charlie Bourgeois (born 1959), Canadian ice hockey defenseman Cheryllee Bourgeois, Métis midwife and educator Constant Bourgeois (1767–1841), French landscape painter and engraver Dana Bourgeois (born 1953), American luthier David Bourgeois, American composer, producer, drummer, sound designer and voice over director Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017), English composer Désiré Bourgeois (1908–1996), Belgian footballer Diane Bourgeois (born 1949), Canadian politician Dick Bourgeois-Doyle, Canadian writer and science administrator Douglas Bourgeois (born 1951), American sculptor and painter Élodie Bourgeois-Pin (born 1982), French cross-country skier Émile Bourgeois (1857–1934), French historian Eugène Bourgeois (1818–1847), French dramatist and writer Francis Bourgeois (1756–1811), British landscape painter and court painter to George III Francis Bourgeois (trainspotter) (Luke Nicolson, born 2000), British social media influencer and trainspotter Freddy Bourgeois (born 1997), French footballer Frédéric Bourgeois de Mercey (1803–1860), French painter, art critic, travel writer and novelist Gaël Bourgeois (born 1983), Swiss politician Geert Bourgeois (born 1951), Flemish politician Georges Bourgeois (1913–1978), French judicial officer and politician Gérard Bourgeois (1874–1944), French film director Guy Bourgeois (born 1958), Canadian politician Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc (born 1974), Canadian actress Jacques Bourgeois (1912–1996), French musicologist Jason Bourgeois (born 1982), American baseball player Jean Bourgeois, Roman Catholic prelate Jean-Louis Bourgeois (1940–2022), American author, son of Louise Bourgeois and Robert Goldwater Jean-Marie Bourgeois (1939–2020), French skier Jeanne Bourgeois (1873–1956), French actress and singer Joël Bourgeois (born 1971), Canadian distance runner John R. Bourgeois, American conductor Joseph W. Bourgeois (1901–1977), Canadian politician Joska Bourgeois (c. 1913–1994), Belgian businesswoman Jules Bourgeois (1847–1911), French entomologist Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925), French statesman Lloyd Bourgeois (1903–1968), American athlete Louis Bourgeois (disambiguation), several people Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), French-American artist and sculptor Luke Bourgeois (born 1977), Australian tennis player Manuel Bourgeois, Swiss footballer Marc Louis Bourgeois (1934–2025), French neuropsychiatrist and psychiatrist Marie Bourgeois (1870–1937), French chef Marie-Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau (1733–1814), American matriarch Maxime Bourgeois (born 1991), French footballer Michel Bourgeois (1940–2022), French politician Morgane Bourgeois (born 2003), French rugby union player Paul Bourgeois (disambiguation), several people Paulette Bourgeois (born 1951), Canadian children's writer Pierre Bourgeois (1898–1976), Belgian poet Pierre Étienne Bourgeois de Boynes (1718–1783), French magistrate and statesman Robyn Bourgeois, Canadian activist, academic, author and educator Roy Bourgeois (born 1938), American human rights activist Steve Bourgeois (born 1972), American baseball pitcher Thibault Bourgeois (born 1990), French footballer Thomas Bourgeois, American Paralympic athlete Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (1676–1750s), French composer and singer Victor Bourgeois (1897–1962), Belgian Modernist architect Victor-Ferdinand Bourgeois (1870–1957), French painter and illustrator Yoann Bourgeois (born 1981), French dancer, choreographer and artist Yvonne Bourgeois (1902–1983), French tennis player
See also Élie Bourgois (1881–1946), French gymnast Philippe Bourgois, professor of anthropology and the author of ethnographic works Siméon Bourgois (1815–1887), 19th-century French Navy officer
References
fr:Bourgeois#Patronyme