Buzzard Surname
Approximately 5,021 people bear this surname
Buzzard Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the buzzard.' Middle English busard; the Frenchbusard.
Eustace Busard, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Peter Busard, Suffolk, ibid.
John Busard, Lincolnshire, ibid.
William Buscard, Norfolk, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameBuzzard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,031 | 1:89,918 | 10,103 |
| England | 591 | 1:94,278 | 10,082 |
| Australia | 288 | 1:93,735 | 10,700 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 203 | 1:120,076 | 11,454 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,356 | 1:37,034 | 4,386 |
Buzzard (34) may also be a first name.
Buzzard Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the buzzard.' Middle English busard; the Frenchbusard.
Eustace Busard, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Peter Busard, Suffolk, ibid.
John Busard, Lincolnshire, ibid.
William Buscard, Norfolk, ibid.
Andrew le Base an (Buscard), Norfolk, ibid.
1672. Thomas Dearing and Elizabeth Buzard: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
= Buszard, q.v.
An Anglo-Norman family, named Bosard or Bossard, were influential in Bedfordshire in the XIV. cent., and gave the suffix to Leighton-Buzzard. Lysons.
Hugo, Ranulph, and William Buscart occur in Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Henry Boscard in Salop 1199 (Rotuli Curiae Regis). The family gave its name to Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.
Buzzard Demographics
Average Male Buzzard Height
176.78 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Buzzard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buzzard Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buzzard is found most in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buzzard? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buzzard is the 94,831st most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,451,413 people. Buzzard occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Buzzard are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most widespread forename throughout the world. It is borne by 34 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 4,031 people, or 1 in 89,918. In The United States Buzzard is mostly found in: West Virginia, where 7 percent reside, Oklahoma, where 7 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 25 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Buzzard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Buzzard has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 297 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 291 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buzzard Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Buzzard last name are 13.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.18% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Buzzard earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.08% more than the national average, earning R 382,776 per year; in United States they earn 11.95% less than the national average, earning $37,993 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.5% less than the national average, earning $45,459 CAD per year.
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