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    The surname Bustle

    A German surname, carried by 566 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B234

    Bustle: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bustle #38,948, 566 people Bustle: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bustle #38,948, 566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bustle is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Possibly an Americanized spelling of South German Bastl or a variant of Bussell.

    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 566 people named Bustle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 502.

    #38,948
    rank among US surnames
    566
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.7%
    change since 2000 (was #40,987)

    Who is named Bustle

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

    97% of people named Bustle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bustle

    Bustle has the Soundex code B234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B234.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bustle come from?
    Possibly an Americanized spelling of South German Bastl or a variant of Bussell.
    How common is the surname Bustle?
    566 people in the United States had the surname Bustle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. It ranked 38,948th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bustle?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Bustle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bustle getting more or less common?
    More common. 502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 566 in 2010, up 13%.