Buchholz Surname
Approximately 49,058 people bear this surname
Buchholz Surname Definition:
(German) Dweller in, or near, a beech grove.
Buchholz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 34,148 | 1:2,358 | 219 |
| United States | 10,873 | 1:33,336 | 4,158 |
| Poland | 777 | 1:48,917 | 7,714 |
| Canada | 622 | 1:59,237 | 6,992 |
| Brazil | 464 | 1:461,367 | 17,485 |
| France | 441 | 1:150,618 | 23,353 |
| Australia | 387 | 1:69,756 | 8,270 |
| Denmark | 207 | 1:27,269 | 2,804 |
| Argentina | 146 | 1:292,763 | 23,421 |
| South Africa | 122 | 1:444,080 | 37,713 |
| Switzerland | 94 | 1:87,371 | 9,726 |
| Austria | 87 | 1:97,879 | 14,223 |
| Netherlands | 82 | 1:205,941 | 28,291 |
| England | 72 | 1:773,862 | 42,299 |
| Israel | 71 | 1:120,530 | 13,243 |
| Spain | 64 | 1:730,501 | 31,369 |
| Chile | 55 | 1:320,300 | 9,085 |
| Paraguay | 45 | 1:160,817 | 3,242 |
| Belgium | 44 | 1:261,287 | 31,734 |
| Sweden | 40 | 1:246,169 | 17,052 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Hungary | 23 | 1:426,795 | 28,704 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 561 | 1:89,516 | 9,246 |
The alternate forms: Büchholz (2) are calculated separately.
Buchholz (23) may also be a first name.
Buchholz Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Dweller in, or near, a beech grove.
Buchholz Demographics
Average Male Buchholz Height
177.51 cm
Average Female Buchholz Height
160.85 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Buchholz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buchholz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buchholz has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur as a variant: Büchholz. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buchholz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 11,453rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 148,550 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Buchholz live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 23 people.
The surname Buchholz is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 34,148 people, or 1 in 2,358. In Germany Buchholz is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent live and Brandenburg, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Buchholz is found in 67 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Poland, where 2 percent live.
Buchholz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Buchholz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Buchholz last name expanded 1,938 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buchholz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Buchholz last name are 14.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.59% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Buchholz earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.2% more than the national average, earning 450,611 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 118.94% more than the national average, earning R 520,296 per year; in United States they earn 7.99% more than the national average, earning $46,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.39% more than the national average, earning $50,870 CAD per year.
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Buchholz Reference & Research
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Buchholz FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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