Buss Surname

19,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Buss Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the bush'; v. Bush and Busk.

Matilda Bus, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robertus Busse, Devon, ibid.

Adam Busse, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus de Busse, 1379: ibid.

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Buss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,4811:29,0413,602
Brazil5,5671:38,4541,580
Germany3,4881:23,0813,059
England1,7451:31,9304,255
Canada8701:42,3515,261
Latvia5031:4,076561
Argentina4841:88,3137,437
Russia4721:305,34531,170
South Africa4031:134,43615,622
Australia3661:73,7598,665
Poland2881:131,97519,285
Papua New Guinea1701:47,9635,967
Paraguay1531:47,2991,392
Switzerland1481:55,4937,113
Denmark1331:42,4414,423
Netherlands1291:130,90820,305
Cambodia1121:138,2782,675
Finland921:59,7476,934
Sweden841:117,2238,378
Wales711:43,5854,199
Kazakhstan471:376,22329,840
Ukraine431:1,058,66796,518
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Hungary361:272,67421,202
Belgium351:328,47637,084
Italy341:1,798,72686,050
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Austria291:293,63633,260
Philippines271:3,749,564153,425
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Kyrgyzstan251:238,90622,569
France191:3,495,933219,029
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Czechia161:664,59262,292
Norway121:428,52437,411
Ireland121:392,41215,634
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Belarus101:950,10668,851
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
India81:95,883,173728,828
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Iceland71:54,2993,881
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Panama41:978,06412,245
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Malta11:430,2723,380
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Comoros11:749,524685
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9561:25,4973,509
Wales91:174,2686,522
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8621:26,9703,313

The alternate forms: Bušs (28), Búss (5) & Büss (2) are calculated separately.

Buss (253) may also be a first name.

Buss Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the bush'; v. Bush and Busk.

Matilda Bus, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robertus Busse, Devon, ibid.

Adam Busse, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus de Busse, 1379: ibid.

1771. Married — Henry Galon and Susanna Buss: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(French-Teut.) 1 belonging to Bus (N. France), or Dweller at a Thicket or Wood [O.Fr, bus(c (mod. bois), O.H.Ger. busc (mod. busch), a bush, thicket, wood] 2 the O. Teutonic pers. name Bus(o. (Scot.-Scand.) Dweller at a Thicket [Scot. bus for busk: v. under Bush]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(French, English, German) One who came from Bus (wood), in France; dweller at a wood or thicket; descendant of Burgio, a pet form of names beginning with Burg (place of protection), as Burghard and Burgmar.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Ferguson says a "stout man." A Sivard Buss occurs in Domesd. and there were Norsemen and Norsewomen called respectively Buss and Bussa. Hence would come the Old Norse bustinn, burly-our name Bustin. Ferguson. In the S. of Engl. Buss is a common nickname of Barnabas.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Lower says that in the south of England this is a common nickname of Barnabas.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Flemish, Bus; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

User-submitted Reference

The Buse surname has several possible meanings in German:

1. Small boat or fishing boat.

2. Cooper, a cask maker. Derived from the Norman-French busse for 'cask' or 'bush'.

- rlkeck

Buss Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buss (Russian: Бусс) occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as: Bušs, Búss or Büss. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buss? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buss is the 19,350th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 256,694 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Buss are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 560,146th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 253 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 12,481 people, or 1 in 29,041. In The United States Buss is mostly concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 14 percent live, Illinois, where 10 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States Buss is found in 84 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Germany, where 12 percent live.

Buss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Buss has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buss last name expanded 670 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 183 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 789 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Buss Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Buss surname are 18.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.76% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Buss earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 90.6% more than the national average, earning 659,633 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 49.06% more than the national average, earning R 354,228 per year; in United States they earn 3.76% more than the national average, earning $44,772 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.94% more than the national average, earning $51,640 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bušs9228/
Búss925/
Büss922/
Busse8922,585/
Busst89378/
Bouss89325/
Bauss89273/
Beuss8922/
Bussh895/
Buiss895/
Buuss893/
Bhuss893/
Buhss893/
Bushs890/
Bus867,932/
Buysse804,332/
Bousse80366/
Buisse80341/
Beusse80336/
Bhusse80336/
Hbouss8072/
Bausse8072/
Buisst8010/
Buschs802/
Butsse801/
Bauhss801/
Boussh801/
Bouyss801/
Buusse801/
Bush75144,795/
Boss7561,046/
Buys7522,469/
Buse7510,686/
Buis758,725/
Baus757,812/
Buus752,126/
Bous752,085/
Busz751,868/
Beus751,760/
Bust75976/
Buhs75962/
Bhus75192/
Buxs7551/
Buås7539/
Wuss7532/
Busd7521/
Busx7514/
Vuss7511/
Buÿs754/
Bujs753/
Busj751/
Hbus751/
Bgus751/
Bouysse73491/
Buijsse73375/
Bussche73212/
H'Bouss73183/
Bussová738/
Bussova736/
Hbousse733/
Bouhsse732/
Bouschs731/
Bhushse731/
Bushsch730/
Busch6796,834/
Bu6789,540/
Buijs676,504/
Bhuse674,591/
Buist674,434/
Buyse673,696/
Bushe672,127/
Bouse672,032/
Bause671,808/
Baust671,532/
Bohus671,255/
Bouts671,192/
Buhse67958/
Beuse67924/
Bahus67842/
Boust67781/
Buyst67592/
Buxsh67577/
Boush67486/
Buise67466/
Beust67324/
Boess67302/
Hbous67287/
Bauhs67249/
Buuts67184/
Bouys67173/
Baush67114/
Vauss67106/
Bauts6791/
Bausz6790/
Bouhs6766/
Booss6763/
Vusse6754/
Buish6742/
Bhoss6729/
H'Bousse6728/
Butse6725/
Busæt6725/
Busce6724/
Bhush6719/
Bhust6717/
Bausd6716/
Bhaus6714/
Wuiss6712/
Bustt6711/
Busze6711/
Bousj6710/
Busht678/
Bustø678/
Bgous678/
Buhsh677/
Boussche676/
Buzhs675/
Wusst675/
Båhus674/
Beush673/
Busseher673/
Buuse673/
Buush672/
Budse672/
Bushh672/
Bauds672/
Weuss672/
Wusse672/
Bousz672/
Buhys672/
Buits671/
Bhuis671/
Buisp671/
Buuds671/
Bossh671/
Bouds671/
Hbuse671/
Wauss671/
Beusz671/
Beuts671/
Buysh671/
Wussd671/
Wusss671/
Buyssche671/
Buszt671/
Bousd671/
Bouïs671/
Bossz671/
Baussova671/
Boujs671/
Buuys671/
Bushx671/
Buszp671/
Bujhs671/
Beusd670/
Vouss670/

Buss Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buss in the Russian language
Буссbuss-

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Buss Reference & Research

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