How common is the surname Buda?

1,809 people in the United States had the surname Buda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. It ranked 16,031st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buda?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Buda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Buda?

Aleks Buda, Albanian historian (1910–1993).

Where is the surname Buda most common?

Wikidata records people named Buda in the Ottoman Empire.

Is the surname Buda getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,892 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,809 in 2010, down 4.4%.

The surname Buda

A surname, carried by 1,809 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buda is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,809 people named Buda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,892.

#16,031

rank among US surnames

1,809

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-4.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,467)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,022	Grayer	1,811	170,483
#16,025	Coryell	1,810	170,578
#16,031	Buda	1,809	170,672

Who is named Buda

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

94% of people named Buda identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Budas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aleks Buda
Albanian historian (1910–1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buda

Buda has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

Questions

How common is the surname Buda?: 1,809 people in the United States had the surname Buda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. It ranked 16,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buda?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Buda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Buda?: Aleks Buda, Albanian historian (1910–1993).
Where is the surname Buda most common?: Wikidata records people named Buda in the Ottoman Empire.
Is the surname Buda getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,892 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,809 in 2010, down 4.4%.