# Buss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/buss/  
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 | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,177 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,865 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,643 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.0% (9,460 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bʌs/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* Occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French busse (“cask, barrel”). * Cognominal surname for someone rotund, like a barrel. * Toponymic surname for someone living or working near a bush or thicket of bushes, from Middle English bush. * Patronymic surname derived from a hypocoristic form of personal names beginning with Burg, such as Burghardt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Buss 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Buss in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Buss

- Jerry Buss, American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)
- David Buss, American evolutionary psychologist
- Jeanie Buss, American sports executive
- Tito Buss, Brazilian bishop (1925-2013)
- Frances Buss, British educator and feminist (1827–1894)
- Henrique, Brazilian association football player

## Similar surnames

Bass, Bess, Boss, Bussey, Busse, Buse, Buys, Busey, Buis, Baus, Bueso, Buysse.

## 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.