How common is the surname Buechner?

1,024 people in the United States had the surname Buechner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. It ranked 24,446th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buechner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buechner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Buechner?

Frederick Buechner, American Christian writer (1926–2022), followed by Jack Buechner.

Where is the surname Buechner most common?

Wikidata records people named Buechner in the United States.

Is the surname Buechner getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,024 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Buechner

A surname, carried by 1,024 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buechner is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,024 people named Buechner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,025.

#24,446

rank among US surnames

1,024

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,221)

Who is named Buechner

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

95% of people named Buechner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buechners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frederick Buechner
American Christian writer (1926–2022)
Jack Buechner
American politician (1940-2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buechner

Buechner has the Soundex code B256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B256.

Questions

How common is the surname Buechner?: 1,024 people in the United States had the surname Buechner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. It ranked 24,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buechner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buechner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Buechner?: Frederick Buechner, American Christian writer (1926–2022), followed by Jack Buechner.
Where is the surname Buechner most common?: Wikidata records people named Buechner in the United States.
Is the surname Buechner getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,024 in 2010, down 0.1%.