Find out how popular the last name Boisvert is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Boisvert.

Boisvert, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Boisvert surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Boisvert in America

Boisvert is the 6958th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Boisvert surname appeared 4,821 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Boisvert.

We can also compare 2010 data for Boisvert to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Boisvert

The surname Boisvert originates from France and dates back to the Middle Ages. It is a locational name derived from the French words "bois," meaning wood or forest, and "vert," meaning green. The name likely referred to someone who lived near a green woods or forest.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Boisvert can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, a record of landowners in England commissioned by William the Conqueror. This suggests that individuals with this surname may have migrated to England from France during the Norman Conquest.

In the 13th century, there are records of a family named Boisvert in the Burgundy region of France. The name was also found in various medieval manuscripts and records from the French provinces of Normandy, Brittany, and Poitou.

The earliest known bearer of the name Boisvert was Jean Boisvert, a French soldier born in 1587 in Rouen, Normandy. He fought in the Thirty Years' War and was knighted for his bravery on the battlefield.

Another notable individual with the surname was Marie Boisvert (1638-1711), a French Canadian pioneer and one of the first European settlers in what is now the province of Quebec. She arrived in New France (modern-day Canada) in 1653 and helped establish the settlement of Trois-Rivières.

In the 17th century, a branch of the Boisvert family settled in the Champagne region of France. One of their descendants, Jacques Boisvert (1724-1799), was a renowned winemaker and vineyard owner in the village of Épernay.

During the French Revolution, a prominent figure named Pierre Boisvert (1762-1835) emerged as a leader of the Jacobin movement. He played a role in the execution of King Louis XVI and later served as a deputy in the National Convention.

In the 19th century, a French artist named Émile Boisvert (1845-1918) gained recognition for his landscape paintings depicting the forests and countryside of his native Normandy region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Boisvert

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Boisvert.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Boisvert was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Boisvert has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Boisvert was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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