How common is the surname Buchman?

2,621 people in the United States had the surname Buchman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,797 Americans. It ranked 11,936th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buchman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buchman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Buchman?

Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter (1902-1975).

Where is the surname Buchman most common?

Wikidata records people named Buchman in the United States.

Is the surname Buchman getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,621 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Buchman

A German surname, carried by 2,621 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buchman is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Buchmann.

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 2,621 people named Buchman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,797 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,639.

#11,936

rank among US surnames

2,621

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,049)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,928	Polansky	2,624	117,662
#11,932	Kamal	2,623	117,707
#11,933	Ballance	2,622	117,752
#11,936	Okane	2,621	117,797
#11,938	Heiden	2,620	117,842
#11,940	Brickner	2,619	117,887
#11,942	Bitter	2,618	117,932

Who is named Buchman

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

95% of people named Buchman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buchmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sidney Buchman
American screenwriter (1902-1975)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buchman

Buchman has the Soundex code B255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B255.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Buchman come from?: Variant of Buchmann.
How common is the surname Buchman?: 2,621 people in the United States had the surname Buchman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,797 Americans. It ranked 11,936th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buchman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buchman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Buchman?: Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter (1902-1975).
Where is the surname Buchman most common?: Wikidata records people named Buchman in the United States.
Is the surname Buchman getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,621 in 2010, down 0.7%.