Bourgeois (surname)

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:
 * 1. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:548)
 * 2. Guadeloupe (1:758)
 * 3. Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1:914)
 * 4. Centre-Val de Loire (1:1,127)
 * 5. Hauts-de-France (1:1,238)
 * 6. Grand Est (1:1,575)
 * 7. Île-de-France (1:1,718)
 * 8. Normandy (1:1,802)

Notable people

 * Albéric Bourgeois (1876–1962), Canadian comic strip artist
 * Amandine Bourgeois (born 1979), French singer
 * 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
 * Constant Bourgeois (1767–1841), French landscape painter and engraver
 * Dana Bourgeois (born 1953), American luthier
 * Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017), English composer
 * Diane Bourgeois (born 1949), Canadian politician
 * Douglas Bourgeois (born 1951), American sculptor and painter
 * Émile Bourgeois (1857–1934), French historian
 * 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
 * Geert Bourgeois (born 1951), Flemish politician
 * Gérard Bourgeois (1874–1944), French film director
 * Jason Bourgeois (born 1982), American baseball player
 * Jules Bourgeois (1847–1911), French entomologist
 * Mistinguett (born Jeanne Bourgeois, 1873–1956), French actress and singer
 * Joël Bourgeois (born 1971), Canadian distance runner
 * Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925), French statesman
 * Louis Bourgeois (architect) (1856–1930), Canadian architect
 * Louis Bourgeois (composer) (c.1510–c.1560), aka Loys Bourgeois, French composer
 * Louis Bourgeois (footballer) (1937–2022), French footballer
 * Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), French-American artist and sculptor
 * Marie Bourgeois (1870–1937), French chef
 * Paulette Bourgeois (born 1951), Canadian children's writer
 * Roy Bourgeois (born 1938), American human rights activist
 * Victor Bourgeois (1897–1962), Belgian Modernist architect
 * Yvonne Bourgeois (1902–1983), French tennis player