How common is the surname Buswell?

1,676 people in the United States had the surname Buswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,216 Americans. It ranked 16,958th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buswell?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Buswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Buswell getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,676 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Buswell

A surname, carried by 1,676 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buswell is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,676 people named Buswell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,216 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,683.

#16,958

rank among US surnames

1,676

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,870)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,953	Chittum	1,677	184,106
#16,958	Villamil	1,676	184,216

Who is named Buswell

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

94% of people named Buswell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buswell

Buswell has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

Questions

How common is the surname Buswell?: 1,676 people in the United States had the surname Buswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,216 Americans. It ranked 16,958th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buswell?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Buswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Buswell getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,676 in 2010, down 0.4%.