How common is the surname Busse?

5,344 people in the United States had the surname Busse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,774 Americans. It ranked 6,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Busse?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Busse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Busse getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,344 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Busse

A German surname, carried by 5,344 people in the United States.

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). Busse is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname, spelling variant of Buss, itself a pet form of Burkhard. Also from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box, firelock”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,344 people named Busse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,774 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,397.

#6,370

rank among US surnames

5,344

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #5,873)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,362	Groce	5,351	57,699
#6,363	Penner	5,349	57,720
#6,367	Peabody	5,345	57,763
#6,370	Mix	5,344	57,774
#6,373	Brazil	5,343	57,785
#6,375	Rego	5,342	57,796

Who is named Busse

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

94% of people named Busse identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Busse

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Busse come from?: From the German surname, spelling variant of Buss, itself a pet form of Burkhard. Also from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box, firelock”).
How common is the surname Busse?: 5,344 people in the United States had the surname Busse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,774 Americans. It ranked 6,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Busse?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Busse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Busse getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,344 in 2010, down 1.0%.