# Buster (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/buster/  
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 | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,211 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,030 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 96,152 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (3,030 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbʌstɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Austrian German Buste (“pockmark, boil”), from Latin apostema (“boil”), + -er.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Buster 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Similar surnames

Bester, Boster, Baxter, Backstrom, Bostrom, Beckstrom, Bystrom.

## 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.