Busch

Busch is the 2,092nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 16,802 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 17,800.

By the numbers

People: 16,802
Rank: 2,092nd
How common: 1 in 17,800
Per 100,000: 5.6

Where the name comes from

From the German surname, from Busch (“thicket, wood”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Busch described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 89.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.1%
Black, not Hispanic 2.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Busch

Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908)German painter, poet and cartoonist
Ernst Busch (1885–1945)German field marshal
Ernst Busch (1900–1980)German actor
Sabine Busch (born 1962)East German athlete
Ebba Busch (born 1987)Swedish politician
Fritz Busch (1890–1951)German conductor
Kyle Busch (1985–2026)American racing driver
Mae Busch (1891–1946)American actress

People named Busch with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Busch

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.