How common is the surname Buchheit?

1,631 people in the United States had the surname Buchheit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,298 Americans. It ranked 17,331st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buchheit?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Buchheit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Buchheit?

Paul Buchheit, American computer engineer; created Gmail.

Where is the surname Buchheit most common?

Wikidata records people named Buchheit in the United States.

Is the surname Buchheit getting more or less common?

More common. 1,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,631 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Buchheit

A surname, carried by 1,631 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buchheit is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,631 people named Buchheit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,298 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,565.

#17,331

rank among US surnames

1,631

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,793)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,322	Noakes	1,633	189,066
#17,323	Galo	1,632	189,182
#17,331	Uhler	1,631	189,298
#17,337	Shake	1,630	189,414

Who is named Buchheit

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

97% of people named Buchheit identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buchheits

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Buchheit
American computer engineer; created Gmail, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buchheit

Buchta

Buchheit has the Soundex code B230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B230.

Questions

How common is the surname Buchheit?: 1,631 people in the United States had the surname Buchheit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,298 Americans. It ranked 17,331st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buchheit?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Buchheit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Buchheit?: Paul Buchheit, American computer engineer; created Gmail.
Where is the surname Buchheit most common?: Wikidata records people named Buchheit in the United States.
Is the surname Buchheit getting more or less common?: More common. 1,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,631 in 2010, up 4.2%.