# Busey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/busey/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,126 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,749 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 274,197 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (1,098 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Busey 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Busey in the United States.

## People named Busey

- Gary Busey, American actor (born 1944)
- Jake Busey, American actor
- Diablo Cody, American screenwriter and author (born 1978)

## Similar surnames

Buss, Bussey, Busse, Buse, Bucy, Buys, Buis, Bouse, Bueso, Buysse, Bush, Bushey.

## 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.