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The surname Bussard

A surname, carried by 2,786 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B263

Bussard: #11,327 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bussard #11,327, 2,786 people Bussard: #11,327 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bussard #11,327, 2,786 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bussard is more common than 93% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,786 people named Bussard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,820 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,682.

#11,327
rank among US surnames
2,786
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+3.9%
change since 2000 (was #10,893)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,319Twitchell2,789110,701
#11,321Dorton2,788110,741
#11,322Maharaj2,787110,781
#11,327Markovich2,786110,820
#11,334Crowson2,785110,860
#11,335Dedios2,784110,900

Who is named Bussard

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

92% of people named Bussard identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bussard

Bussard has the Soundex code B263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B263.

Questions

How common is the surname Bussard?
2,786 people in the United States had the surname Bussard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,820 Americans. It ranked 11,327th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bussard?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bussard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bussard getting more or less common?
More common. 2,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,786 in 2010, up 3.9%.