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    The surname Buysse

    A French surname, carried by 611 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). Buysse is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Variant of French Buis. This surname is mostly found in Belgium.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 611 people named Buysse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 505,312 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 600.

    #36,585
    rank among US surnames
    611
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #35,487)

    Who is named Buysse

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

    98% of people named Buysse identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Buysses

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lucien Buysse
      Belgian cyclist (1892–1980)
    • Marcel Buysse
      Belgian road bicycle racer (1889–1939)
    • Achiel Buysse
      Belgian cyclist (1918–1984)
    • Bart Buysse
      Belgian footballer, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buysse

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Buysse come from?
    Variant of French Buis. This surname is mostly found in Belgium.
    How common is the surname Buysse?
    611 people in the United States had the surname Buysse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 505,312 Americans. It ranked 36,585th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buysse?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Buysse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Buysse?
    Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (1892–1980), followed by Marcel Buysse.
    Where is the surname Buysse most common?
    Wikidata records people named Buysse in Belgium.
    Is the surname Buysse getting more or less common?
    More common. 600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 611 in 2010, up 1.8%.