Buchheister Surname

222,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,828 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Buchheister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buchheister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1481:70,1278,950
United States5871:617,47749,974
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
England91:6,190,895170,599
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
France31:22,140,907385,998
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Buchheister Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Buchheister Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Buchheister is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buchheister? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 222,924th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,986,622 people. The surname Buchheister is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Buchheister are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Buchheister is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 1,148 people, or 1 in 70,127. In Germany Buchheister is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 40 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent reside and Saxony-Anhalt, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Venezuela, where 1 percent reside.

Buchheister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Buchheister has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Buchheister last name rose 4,515 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buchheister Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Buchheister are 8.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.29% being registered to vote for the party.

Buchheister earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.1% more than the national average, earning $53,549 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Buchheister
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