# Budge (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,529 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,198 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 201,926 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (1,281 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English (mainly Anglo-Norman) surname, from Norman bouoche (“mouth”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Budge 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Budge in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Budge

- Don Budge, American tennis player (1915-2000)
- E. A. Wallis Budge, British academic (1857–1934)
- Karen Budge, American alpine skier
- Hamer H. Budge, American politician (1910-2003)

## Similar surnames

Bates, Butts, Betts, Betz, Batts, Bettis, Botts, Butz, Boots, Bethke, Batz, Beets.

## 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.