Bouffard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The enchanting region of Bourgogne was the historical homeland of the prominent surname Bouffard. Bouffard is a topographic surname, which is a type of hereditary surname. These were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.

Early Origins of the Bouffard family

The surname Bouffard was first found in Bourgogne.

Jacques Bouffard, born in 1655, son of Jean and Marguerite (née Le Poithier), was a French farmer that settled in Canada in the 17th century. He married Anne Leclerc, daughter of Jean and Marie (née Blanquet), at Sainte-Famille on 5th March 1680. 1

Early History of the Bouffard family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bouffard research. Another 23 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1597, 1830, 1843, 1885, 1891 and 1898 are included under the topic Early Bouffard History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bouffard Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bouffard, Buffard, Boufort, Bouffort, Bouford, Boufford, Buford, Bufford, Buffort and many more.

Early Notables of the Bouffard family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Jean de Bouffard de Madiane, born in 1597 in Castres, who was a memorialist and was famous for his efforts and work as a partisan of the peace. Auguste Bouffard, born in Paris in 1885, worked as an en...
Edouard Bouffard was a blacksmith in St. Pierre Du Sud
another Edouard Bouffard was a lawyer in Quebec City
Joseph Bouffard was a photographer in Montmagny. Jean Bouffard was a lawyer from 1830 to 1843 with the judiciary district of Quebec
Pierre Bouffard was also a lawyer in Quebec, but from 1891 to 1898

Bouffard World Ranking

In the United States, the name Bouffard is the 8,078^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 However, in Canada, the name Bouffard is ranked the 859^th most popular surname with an estimated 6,203 people with that name. 3 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Bouffard is the 315^th popular surname. 4 France ranks Bouffard as 3,416^th with 2,000 - 2,500 people. 5

Bouffard migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bouffard Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jaques Bouffard was married in 1680 and had 10 children

Bouffard migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bouffard Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Martin Bouffard, archbishop of Rouen, Normandy, who settled in Isle D'Orleans, Quebec and resided there for many years before his death in 1639
Jacques Bouffard, son of Jean and Marie, who married Anne Leclerc, daughter of Jean and Marie, in Saint-Pierre, Quebec on 5th March 1680 6

Bouffard Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Jean Bouffard, son of Jacques and Anne, who married Marie De Caruel, daughter of CHarles and Marie, in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec on 9th April 1709 6
Jean Bouffard, who emigrated from St. Laurant, settled in Isle D'Orleans, Quebec in 1709
François Bouffard, who settled in St-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in 1726
Jacques Bouffard, son of Jean and Marie, who married Geneviève Gosselin, daughter of François and Françoise, in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec on 26th November 1731 6
Jacques Bouffard, son of Jacques and Geneviève, who married Anne Dufaud, daughter of Michel and Anne, in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec on 4th July 1763 6
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Bouffard (post 1700) +

Auguste-Désiré Bouffard (1854-1916), French agronomist
Léon Bouffard (1893-1981), Swiss pole vault athlete
Jean Bouffard (1800-1843), Canadian notary and political figure in Lower Canada
Édouard Bouffard (1858-1903), Canadian lawyer and political figure in Quebec
Patrick Bouffard, master player and composer of the hurdy-gurdy, in the Bourbonnais and Auvergne traditions
Paul Henri Bouffard (1895-1966), Canadian lawyer, professor and politician, member of the Canadian Senate (1946-1966)

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.