Popularity of the last name by country
Belgium
- Hainaut (8,381)
- Namur (5,336)
- Brabant wallon (2,177)
- Liège (1,003)
- Luxembourg (725)
- Bruxelles-Capitale | Brussel-Hoofdstad (563)
- Antwerpen (405)
- Vlaams-Brabant (315)
- West-Vlaanderen (196)
- Oost-Vlaanderen (56)
- Limburg (29)
All countries
- France (795,065)
- Belgium (19,715)
- Canada (9,359)
- Switzerland (7,143)
- United States (5,950)
- Italy (2,088)
- Algeria (1,650)
- Germany (898)
- United Kingdom (562)
- Netherlands (495)
- Réunion (350)
- Argentina (319)
- Morocco (312)
- Spain (247)
- Guadeloupe (227)
- Austria (218)
- Unknown country (194)
- Luxembourg (157)
- New Caledonia (134)
- Martinique (128)
- Uruguay (115)
- Tunisia (88)
- Madagascar (84)
- Russian Federation (82)
- St. Pierre and Miquelon (79)
- Viet Nam (72)
- Sweden (69)
- Turkey (54)
- Indonesia (53)
- Australia (43)
- Portugal (40)
- Greece (39)
- French Guiana (37)
- Dominica (32)
- Poland (29)
- Serbia (27)
- New Zealand (26)
- Monaco (25)
- Czech republic (24)
- Ireland (24)
Origine of last name
BOUVIER : French: occupational name for a herdsman Old French bouvier (from Late Latin bovarius a derivative of bos genitive bovis ‘ox’). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bouvia">Bouvia</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bovia">Bovia</a>.
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