Busby Surname
Approximately 31,192 people bear this surname
Busby Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Busby,' now Great Busby, a township in the parish of Stokesley, N. Riding Yorks; (a) 'of Bushby,' a hamlet in the parish of Thurnby, four miles from Leicester.
John Busseby, Oxfordshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameBusby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21,626 | 1:16,760 | 2,120 |
| England | 5,417 | 1:10,286 | 1,522 |
| Canada | 1,310 | 1:28,126 | 3,719 |
| Australia | 820 | 1:32,922 | 4,354 |
| South Africa | 439 | 1:123,412 | 14,564 |
| New Zealand | 335 | 1:13,517 | 2,344 |
| Scotland | 312 | 1:17,160 | 2,086 |
| Northern Ireland | 185 | 1:9,973 | 1,582 |
| Wales | 154 | 1:20,094 | 2,123 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 91 | 1:14,989 | 1,905 |
| France | 71 | 1:935,531 | 107,040 |
| Netherlands | 62 | 1:272,374 | 33,874 |
| Panama | 32 | 1:122,258 | 4,322 |
| Saint Lucia | 31 | 1:5,767 | 755 |
| Barbados | 25 | 1:11,498 | 820 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Nicaragua | 21 | 1:286,719 | 2,940 |
| Italy | 16 | 1:3,822,293 | 103,776 |
| Jamaica | 16 | 1:179,372 | 5,614 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Anguilla | 16 | 1:840 | 75 |
| Saint Martin | 12 | 1:2,930 | 74 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Guyana | 9 | 1:84,691 | 6,279 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 158 | 1:28,037 | 2,919 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,051 | 1:7,989 | 1,218 |
| Scotland | 92 | 1:40,687 | 3,079 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,896 | 1:17,341 | 2,205 |
Busby (120) may also be a first name.
Busby Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Busby,' now Great Busby, a township in the parish of Stokesley, N. Riding Yorks; (a) 'of Bushby,' a hamlet in the parish of Thurnby, four miles from Leicester.
John Busseby, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Ricardus de Busby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Adam de Buskeby, 1379: ibid.
Anne Busbie, 1595: Reg. St. Dionis Backchurch (London).
Humphrye Busbye, rector of Bexwell, Norfolk, 1556: History of Norfolk.
1767. Married — John Hayward and Elizabeth Bushby: St. George, Hanover Square.
— — Henry Smith and Elinor Busby. ibid.
From the lands of Busby or Busbie in the parish of Carmunnock, Renfrewshire. In 1330 the office of notary was conferred on David de Busby of the diocese of Glasgow (Pap. Lett., II, p. 312). John Busby or Busseby appears as chaplain to the duke of Albany and as canon of Moray in 1408 and 1411 (Bain, IV, 751,801, 813,814), and Andro Busby, alderman of Arne is in record in 1488 and 1491 (Ayr, p. 92; Friars Ayr, p. 62). John Busby and Gawin Busbe, followers of the earl of Cassilis, were respited for murder in 1526 (RSS., I, 3386). James Busbie was a bookseller in Edinburgh in 1648 (Edinb. Marr.), and John Busby published a report of his mineralogical survey of Caithness in 1815.
(Scandinavian) belonging to Busby = the Bush- Settlement. [Scandinavian busk (Scot. bus), a bush, shrub, thicket + by, a settlement, village] Adam de Buskeby.—Poll-Tax, Yorks, A.D. 1379.
There are a Busby in Lanarkshire (spelt Bushby in the 18th cent.), Great and Little Busby in Yorkshire, and Bushby in Leicestershire.
(English, Scottish) One who came from Busby (shrub homestead), in Yorkshire; one who came from the lands of Busby (bush village), in Renfrewshire.
A village in co. Renfrew.
A location name in Yorkshire.
During the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries the Busbys of Radford and Gagingwell were well - to - do Enstone yeomen, who frequently filled the office of churchwarden and other places of trust (J.). William Busby was one of the trustees for Lady Le Strange of Middleton in the reign of Henry VI. (K.). William Busby, gent., was an assistant - burgess of Banbury in 1718 (B.), in which town the name still occurs. Busby is the name of a parish in the North Riding of Yorkshire. I think, however, an explanation of the name will be found nearer home, and the same remark applies to the Blencowes.
User-submitted Reference
A surname found exclusively in the Penistone and Cawthorne districts. The name expanded into the Mapplewell and Staincross districts. The meaning is unknown. But the most obvious theory that is a name variant of Busby, a parish in Renfrewshire, which means 'bushy village'.
- dinn315It is a Scottish surname meaning 'the bushy village'. It is the name of a parish in Renfrewshire.
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Busby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Busby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Busby (Arabic: باسبي) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Busby click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Busby? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 17,724th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 233,635 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Busby live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 852,104th most widespread first name globally, borne by 120 people.
Busby is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 21,626 people, or 1 in 16,760. In The United States Busby is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 17 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Alabama, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 67 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.
Busby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Busby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Busby surname expanded 747 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 178 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 339 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,711 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Busby Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Busby last name is predominantly Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Busby surname are 15.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.17% being registered with the party.
The amount Busby earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 6.25% more than the national average, earning R 252,480 per year; in United States they earn 6.86% less than the national average, earning $40,190 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.68% more than the national average, earning $53,003 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Busby Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Busby in the Arabic language | ||
| باسبي | basby | - |
| بسبي | bsby | - |
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