Bourasa Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Bourasa Surname User-submission:
Southern French: from a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Greek: variant of Booras. Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs 'frieze', a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra 'coarse untreated wool'), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade.
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Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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United States | 107 | 1:3,387,467 | 192,132 |
Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Bourasa Surname Meaning
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Southern French: from a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Greek: variant of Booras. Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs 'frieze', a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra 'coarse untreated wool'), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade.
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Bourasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bourasa (Georgian: ბოურასა, Hindi: बौरसा) occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bourasa.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourasa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,755,741st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Bourasa are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 3,387,467. In The United States Bourasa is most numerous in: Oregon, where 19 percent are found, Idaho, where 12 percent are found and Washington, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Georgia, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Bourasa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bourasa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 10,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bourasa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bourasa last name are 11.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.62% being registered with the party.
Bourasa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.59% more than the national average, earning $43,835 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bourasa Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Bourasa in the Georgian language | ||
ბოურასა | bourasa | - |
Bourasa in the Hindi language | ||
बौरसा | baurasa | - |
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