How common is the surname Buss?

9,177 people in the United States had the surname Buss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,643 Americans. It ranked 3,865th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buss?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Buss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Buss?

Jerry Buss, American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013), followed by David Buss.

Where is the surname Buss most common?

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

Is the surname Buss getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,177 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Buss

A French occupational surname, carried by 9,177 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bʌs/ 1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buss is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

* 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.

Buss is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 9,177 people named Buss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,643 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,460.

#3,865

rank among US surnames

9,177

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #3,455)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,856	Sweat	9,194	33,581
#3,857	Hoyle	9,192	33,589
#3,859	Peter	9,191	33,592
#3,860	Maki	9,190	33,596
#3,861	Bowens	9,188	33,603
#3,862	Stutzman	9,185	33,614
#3,863	Lea	9,180	33,632

Who is named Buss

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

96% of people named Buss identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Busss

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jerry Buss
American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)
David Buss
American evolutionary psychologist, born 1953
Jeanie Buss
American sports executive, born 1961
Tito Buss
Brazilian bishop (1925-2013)
Frances Buss
British educator and feminist (1827–1894)
Henrique
Brazilian association football player, born 1986

Notable Busss come mostly from the United States (3), Brazil (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buss

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

Other French surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Buss come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Buss?: 9,177 people in the United States had the surname Buss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,643 Americans. It ranked 3,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buss?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Buss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Buss?: Jerry Buss, American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013), followed by David Buss.
Where is the surname Buss most common?: Wikidata records people named Buss in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Buss?: Buss is /bʌs/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Buss?: Buss is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Buss getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,177 in 2010, down 3.0%.