How common is the surname Bushey?

5,456 people in the United States had the surname Bushey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,588 Americans. It ranked 6,260th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bushey?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bushey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Bushey?

Bushey is /ˈbʊʃi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bushey getting more or less common?

More common. 5,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,456 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Bushey

A French surname, carried by 5,456 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbʊʃi/ 2 syllables Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bushey is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

From Old English bysċe (“bush, thicket”), with possible influence from Old French boisseie (“woodland”).

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,456 people named Bushey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,588 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,343.

#6,260

rank among US surnames

5,456

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,932)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,256	Headrick	5,459	56,557
#6,257	Kwok	5,458	56,568
#6,258	Kite	5,457	56,578
#6,260	Cronk	5,456	56,588
#6,263	Amerson	5,455	56,599

Who is named Bushey

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

94% of people named Bushey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bushey

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bushey come from?: From Old English bysċe (“bush, thicket”), with possible influence from Old French boisseie (“woodland”).
How common is the surname Bushey?: 5,456 people in the United States had the surname Bushey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,588 Americans. It ranked 6,260th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bushey?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bushey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Bushey?: Bushey is /ˈbʊʃi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bushey getting more or less common?: More common. 5,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,456 in 2010, up 2.1%.