The surname Bui
A Vietnamese surname, carried by 28,919 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex B000
Origin
Vietnamese origin
Borrowed from Vietnamese Bùi. Doublet of Pei.
One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 28,919 people named Bui in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,676 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,852.
Who is named Bui
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Bui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Bui has the Soundex code B000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B000.
Other Vietnamese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bui come from?
- Borrowed from Vietnamese Bùi. Doublet of Pei.
- How common is the surname Bui?
- 28,919 people in the United States had the surname Bui in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,676 Americans. It ranked 1,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bui?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Bui getting more or less common?
- More common. 20,852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,919 in 2010, up 39%.