How common is the surname Buchta?

1,068 people in the United States had the surname Buchta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,088 Americans. It ranked 23,714th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buchta?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buchta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Buchta?

Richard Buchta, Austrian photographer, writer and explorer (1845-1894).

Where is the surname Buchta most common?

Wikidata records people named Buchta in the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Buchta getting more or less common?

More common. 1,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,068 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Buchta

A surname, carried by 1,068 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). Buchta is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,068 people named Buchta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,088 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,062.

#23,714

rank among US surnames

1,068

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #22,591)

Who is named Buchta

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

95% of people named Buchta identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buchtas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Buchta
Austrian photographer, writer and explorer (1845-1894)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buchta

Buchta 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 Buchta?: 1,068 people in the United States had the surname Buchta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,088 Americans. It ranked 23,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buchta?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buchta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Buchta?: Richard Buchta, Austrian photographer, writer and explorer (1845-1894).
Where is the surname Buchta most common?: Wikidata records people named Buchta in the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Buchta getting more or less common?: More common. 1,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,068 in 2010, up 0.6%.