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    The surname Buis

    A surname, carried by 1,257 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Buis: #20,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buis #20,949, 1,257 people Buis: #20,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buis #20,949, 1,257 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buis is more common than 87.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,257 people named Buis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,621 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,281.

    #20,949
    rank among US surnames
    1,257
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,503)

    Who is named Buis

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

    90% of people named Buis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buis

    Buis has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Buis?
    1,257 people in the United States had the surname Buis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,621 Americans. It ranked 20,949th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buis?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Buis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Buis getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,257 in 2010, down 1.9%.