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    The surname Buhl

    A surname, carried by 2,515 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B400

    Buhl: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buhl #12,362, 2,515 people Buhl: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buhl #12,362, 2,515 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buhl is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,515 people named Buhl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,406.

    #12,362
    rank among US surnames
    2,515
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #11,917)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810

    Who is named Buhl

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

    90% of people named Buhl identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Buhls

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hermann Buhl
      Austrian mountaineer (1924-1957)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buhl

    Buhl has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Buhl?
    2,515 people in the United States had the surname Buhl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. It ranked 12,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buhl?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Buhl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Buhl?
    Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (1924-1957).
    Where is the surname Buhl most common?
    Wikidata records people named Buhl in Austria.
    Is the surname Buhl getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,515 in 2010, up 4.5%.