Buxbaum Surname

142,943rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Buxbaum Surname Definition:

(from a place name) or (from an ancestor's occupation) or (from a house sign) German Jews selected this name either from the Frankfurt house sign No. 169 or from the fact that box trees grew in their vicinity. Galician Jews selected this name when they worked with boxwood.

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Buxbaum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5661:231,45522,264
Austria7231:11,7781,651
Israel3571:23,9713,535
Germany1531:526,17944,202
Romania481:418,28933,624
Canada471:783,94961,790
England381:1,466,26563,675
Hungary291:338,49224,545
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Czechia221:483,34051,393
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
France141:4,744,480251,814
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
China71:195,331,65210,124
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States741:678,63144,191

Buxbaum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) or (from an ancestor's occupation) or (from a house sign) German Jews selected this name either from the Frankfurt house sign No. 169 or from the fact that box trees grew in their vicinity. Galician Jews selected this name when they worked with boxwood. The name also appears as Buchsbaum.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Buxbaum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buxbaum occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Buxbaum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buxbaum? popularity and diffusion

Buxbaum is the 142,943rd most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,342,509 people. The last name Buxbaum occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Buxbaum are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,566 people, or 1 in 231,455. In The United States Buxbaum is mostly found in: New York, where 19 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Maryland, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 23 percent are found and Israel, where 11 percent are found.

Buxbaum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Buxbaum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Buxbaum surname rose 2,116 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 950 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Buxbaum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Buxbaum surname are 37.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.26% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Buxbaum earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 19.76% more than the national average, earning $51,677 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.25% more than the national average, earning $59,743 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buxsbaum936/
Bauxbaum931/
Buxbaun865/
Buxbamn860/
Buxbaumová8218/
Buxbaumova821/
Buksbaum80208/
Bushbaum80111/
Buchbaum8034/
Booxbaum805/
Buxbom77238/
Buxban7729/
Busbam770/
Buchsbaum751,537/
Buschbaum75407/
Bucksbaum75121/
Bukhsbaum7510/
Buzhsbaum751/
Buxboim714/
Wusbaum713/
Buschsbaum712/
Buxbohm711/
Bauchsbaum711/
Busbamn710/
Buchsbam671/
Bushbaun671/
Buschbam671/
Bucksbum671/
Bauxbann670/

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