Beauvais (surname)

Beauvais is a French surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 44.0% of all known bearers of the surname Beauvais were residents of France (frequency 1:9,065), 20.7% of the United States (1:104,559), 19.6% of Canada (1:11,264), 12.6% of Haiti (1:5,088) and 1.6% of Argentina (1:165,033).

In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:9,065) in the following regions:

• 1. Centre-Val de Loire (1:1,941)
• 2. Normandy (1:5,635)
• 3. Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1:6,425)
• 4. Pays de la Loire (1:6,159)
• 5. Hauts-de-France (1:6,921)
• 6. Île-de-France (1:8,184)
• 7. Mayotte (1:8,343)

In Canada, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:11,264) only in one province:^[1]

• 1. Quebec (1:3,604)

People

• Armand Beauvais (1783–1843), American politician
• Denis Beauvais (born 1962), Canadian artist
• Garcelle Beauvais (born 1966), Haitian actress and model
• Laurent Beauvais (born 1952), French politician
• René Beauvais (1795–1837), Canadian carpenter and woodcarver
• Robert Beauvais (1911–1982), French writer and journalist
• William Beauvais (born 1956), Canadian classical guitarist and composer

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