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The surname Budde

A German surname, carried by 2,910 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B300

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Budde is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a North German surname, from Middle Low German budde (“vat”), Low German form of Bütte. Also see Buettner. * As a Danish and German surname, from a derivative of the Germanic name Bodo, also found as the source of Budd (q.v.).

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 2,910 people named Budde in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,098 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,726.

#10,942
rank among US surnames
2,910
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+6.7%
change since 2000 (was #10,745)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,935Furey2,911106,062
#10,942McKinnie2,910106,098
#10,947Vecchio2,909106,135
#10,950Stabler2,908106,171
#10,951Jama2,907106,208

Who is named Budde

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

92% of people named Budde identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buddes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Mariann Budde
    American bishop, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Budde

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

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Budde come from?
* As a North German surname, from Middle Low German budde (“vat”), Low German form of Bütte. Also see Buettner. * As a Danish and German surname, from a derivative of the Germanic name Bodo, also found as the source of Budd (q.v.).
How common is the surname Budde?
2,910 people in the United States had the surname Budde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,098 Americans. It ranked 10,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Budde?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Budde identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Budde?
Mariann Budde, American bishop.
Where is the surname Budde most common?
Wikidata records people named Budde in the United States.
Is the surname Budde getting more or less common?
More common. 2,726 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,910 in 2010, up 6.7%.