# Bucher (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bucher/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,417 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,772 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,627 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (7,412 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bougher |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Bucher.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bucher in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bucher in Austria and the United States.

## People named Bucher

- Josef Bucher, Austrian politician
- Simon Bucher, Austrian swimmer
- Jan Bucher, American freestyle skier
- Walter Hermann Bucher, American scientist (1888–1965)

## Similar surnames

Butcher, Boucher, Becher, Bacher, Baugher, Buser, Buscher, Buescher, Buker, Baker, Becker, Booker.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.