# Budd (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/budd/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,026 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,427 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,468 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (7,936 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Budda, a nickname of uncertain meaning.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Budd in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Budd in the United States.

## People named Budd

- Harold Budd, American musician (1936–2020)
- Boyce Budd, American rower
- Dave Budd, American Basketball player (born 1938)

## Similar surnames

Budde, Buda, Boyd, Booth, Beatty, Beaty, Bethea, Beattie, Boothe, Butt, Bode, Bott.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.