How common is the surname Bucher?

7,417 people in the United States had the surname Bucher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,627 Americans. It ranked 4,772nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bucher?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bucher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bucher?

Josef Bucher, Austrian politician, followed by Simon Bucher.

Where is the surname Bucher most common?

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

Is the surname Bucher getting more or less common?

More common. 7,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,417 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Bucher

A German surname, carried by 7,417 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bucher is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Bucher.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,417 people named Bucher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,627 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,412.

#4,772

rank among US surnames

7,417

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,426)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,763	Wallen	7,436	41,520
#4,764	Beale	7,431	41,548
#4,765	Lindner	7,428	41,565
#4,766	Yager	7,427	41,571
#4,767	Kuo	7,426	41,576
#4,768	McDevitt	7,425	41,582
#4,769	Carnahan	7,424	41,587

Who is named Bucher

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

94% of people named Bucher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buchers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josef Bucher
Austrian politician, born 1965
Simon Bucher
Austrian swimmer, born 2000
Jan Bucher
American freestyle skier, born 1957
Walter Hermann Bucher
American scientist (1888–1965)

Notable Buchers come mostly from Austria (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bougher

Surnames that sound like Bucher

Bucher has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bucher come from?: Borrowed from German Bucher.
How common is the surname Bucher?: 7,417 people in the United States had the surname Bucher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,627 Americans. It ranked 4,772nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bucher?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bucher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bucher?: Josef Bucher, Austrian politician, followed by Simon Bucher.
Where is the surname Bucher most common?: Wikidata records people named Bucher in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Bucher getting more or less common?: More common. 7,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,417 in 2010, up 0.1%.
What are other spellings of Bucher?: Bougher.