# Bussey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bussey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,219 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,880 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 42,768 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (7,063 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bussie |

## Etymology

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in Normandy called Boucé or Bucy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bussey 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) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Similar surnames

Buss, Busse, Bosse, Buse, Bessey, Besse, Busey, Bouse, Buysse, Basse, Bush, Bushey.

## 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.