How common is the surname Bucholz?

1,159 people in the United States had the surname Bucholz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. It ranked 22,246th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bucholz?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bucholz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bucholz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,159 in 2010, down 4.1%.

The surname Bucholz

A German surname, carried by 1,159 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bucholz is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Buchholz

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 1,159 people named Bucholz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,209.

#22,246

rank among US surnames

1,159

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,427)

Who is named Bucholz

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

92% of people named Bucholz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bucholz

Buchholz

Bucholz has the Soundex code B242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B242.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bucholz come from?: Borrowed from German Buchholz
How common is the surname Bucholz?: 1,159 people in the United States had the surname Bucholz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. It ranked 22,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bucholz?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bucholz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bucholz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,159 in 2010, down 4.1%.