How common is the surname Buch?

2,420 people in the United States had the surname Buch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. It ranked 12,752nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buch?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Buch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Buch getting more or less common?

More common. 2,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,420 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Buch

A surname, carried by 2,420 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buch is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,420 people named Buch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,325.

#12,752

rank among US surnames

2,420

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,273)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,744	Fuerte	2,422	127,475
#12,745	Mudge	2,421	127,528
#12,752	DeGraw	2,420	127,581
#12,757	Frei	2,419	127,634
#12,760	Callanan	2,418	127,686

Who is named Buch

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Buch identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Asian and Pacific Islander 8.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buch

Buch has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

How common is the surname Buch?: 2,420 people in the United States had the surname Buch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. It ranked 12,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buch?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Buch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Buch getting more or less common?: More common. 2,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,420 in 2010, up 4.1%.