How common is the surname Bucholtz?

1,213 people in the United States had the surname Bucholtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. It ranked 21,524th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bucholtz?

Fedor Bucholtz, Baltic German botanist (1872-1924).

Where is the surname Bucholtz most common?

Wikidata records people named Bucholtz in the Russian Empire.

Is the surname Bucholtz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,213 in 2010, down 3.6%.

The surname Bucholtz

A surname, carried by 1,213 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B243

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bucholtz is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,213 people named Bucholtz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,258.

#21,524

rank among US surnames

1,213

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,797)

Who is named Bucholtz

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

95% of people named Bucholtz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bucholtzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fedor Bucholtz
Baltic German botanist (1872-1924)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bucholtz

Buchholtz

Bucholtz has the Soundex code B243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B243.

Questions

How common is the surname Bucholtz?: 1,213 people in the United States had the surname Bucholtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. It ranked 21,524th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bucholtz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bucholtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bucholtz?: Fedor Bucholtz, Baltic German botanist (1872-1924).
Where is the surname Bucholtz most common?: Wikidata records people named Bucholtz in the Russian Empire.
Is the surname Bucholtz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,213 in 2010, down 3.6%.