Buch is used as a family name or surname in Germany, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Buch
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany, England
Meaning:

A variant of Buckman. One who had the care of bucks.

The is a form of Buck. The animale, famed in the chase and familiar as an armorial ensign and as a trader's sign.
Many local sunames have been borrowed from this animal, some of which are not readily explainable, as Buckmill, Buckthought, Buckner, and Bucktooth. Buckoke, Buckthrope, and others, are quite intelligible.

Surname is the variant of Buchman. Dweller at, or near, the beech trees.

Is a variant form of Bucher. One who copied books.

The variation of Buck. Dweller at the sign of the male deer.

How popular is Buch?

Buch is common in Germany, Guatemala, United States, Denmark, India, Brazil, France, Spain, Poland, Argentina, Canada, Russia, England, Norway, Austria, Australia, Iran.

Buch is ranked 23081 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Buch bearers increased by 4.09 per cent in 2010 US census to 2420 since 2000, the surname slipped by 479 spots and ranked at 12752. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.73 84.6
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 8.68 7.14
Hispanic or Latino 5.41 3.78
Black 1.78 2.71
Buch is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 23504 people have been found who wears Buch as their family name. Buch is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Buch:
1,520 Germany6,764
654 Guatemala3,423
12,355 United States3,172
156 Denmark2,620
27,876 India1,343
7,904 Brazil1,043
9,126 France1,004
Countries with hundreds of Buch:
4,890 Spain885
9,453 Poland633
13,435 Argentina268
14,531 Canada261
50,335 Russia257
20,728 England215
4,282 Norway166
9,115 Austria146
19,506 Australia136
34,558 Iran121
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,259 Ukraine98
11,847 Slovakia87
8,198 Sweden86
28,937 Netherlands79
7,573 Chile70
29,445 Czechia52
20,676 Mexico51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,520 Kazakhstan50
15,252 Switzerland50
15,464 United Arab Emirates40
6,884 Singapore34
250,768 Thailand32
11,471 Dominican Republic31
265 Greenland25
98,611 South Africa23
29,593 Hungary22
15,474 Estonia15
6,304 Cuba13
2,297 Iceland13
73,966 Belgium12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
54,181 Israel10
30,726 Qatar9
33,029 New Zealand9
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
18,086 Wales9
115,463 Italy8
36,567 Venezuela8
134,908 Malaysia8
36,047 Finland8
34,489 Peru7
25,488 Scotland7
23,614 Colombia6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Jacob Buch worked as brewer and hailed from Wurtemberg. 19 years old embarked for USA from Rotterdam on Dewitt Clinton and arrived on June 18, 1852. Meilaus Buch, aged 40, 20 years old Mathei Buch, Catharina Buch, aged 23, Magdalena Buch, aged 25, School master Friedrich Buch, 9 months old Friedrich Buch, Jean Buch, aged 4, Jean Buch, aged 67, and 384 other Buch around 44.8% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and laborer, daughter, merchant, gardener, tailor, servant, peasant, joiner, peddler, miller, smith, mechanic, butcher, tourist migrated to US from Bremen, Antwerp and Havre.

Buch Namesakes

  • Eva-Maria Buch, resistance fighter against the Nazi régime
  • Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist
  • Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch, Gascon nobleman and a military leader
  • Walter Buch, German jurist and SS official during the Nazi era

Buch Namesakes

  • Eva-Maria Buch, resistance fighter against the Nazi régime
  • Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist
  • Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch, Gascon nobleman and a military leader
  • Walter Buch, German jurist and SS official during the Nazi era

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