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    The surname Buys

    A Dutch surname, carried by 1,241 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buys is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Buijs.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,241 people named Buys in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,788 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,160.

    #21,157
    rank among US surnames
    1,241
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,105)

    Who is named Buys

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

    96% of people named Buys identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Buyss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kimberly Buys
      Belgian swimmer, born 1989

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buys

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

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Buys come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Buijs.
    How common is the surname Buys?
    1,241 people in the United States had the surname Buys in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,788 Americans. It ranked 21,157th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buys?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Buys identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Buys?
    Kimberly Buys, Belgian swimmer.
    Where is the surname Buys most common?
    Wikidata records people named Buys in Belgium.
    Is the surname Buys getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,241 in 2010, up 7.0%.