Explore the Family Name Buquet

The meaning of Buquet

French: 1. variant of Bouquet and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. 2. habitational name from (Le) Buquet, the name of several places mainly in the north of France. Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Celina, Marcel.

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How common is the last name Buquet in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Buquet has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname moved up from 69,854 to 69,793, indicating a growth of 0.09%. The count of individuals with the Buquet surname also increased during this decade from 262 to 281, which represents a 7.25% rise. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, the prevalence of the surname Buquet remained constant at 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#69,854	#69,793	0.09%
Count	262	281	7.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Buquet

As for the ethnic identity associated with the Buquet surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts between 2000 and 2010. A majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 93.89% to 91.81%. There was an increase in the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic, from 3.44% to 4.27%. Additionally, there appeared to be a new category of individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, making up 2.49% of the Buquets, whereas there were none recorded in this category in 2000. No individuals with this surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year, nor did any select "Two or more races".

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.89%	91.81%	-2.22%
Hispanic	3.44%	4.27%	24.13%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	2.49%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%