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The Buch surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,420 people carried this name — #12,752 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,325 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 544 people named Buch.

51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 51
Haut-Rhin 114
Bas-Rhin 94
Isère 39
Paris 33
Savoie 29
Moselle 21
Vienne 21
Gironde 18

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

448 people named Buch have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 557 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lublin 84
Subcarpathian 71
Silesian 65
Masovian 56
Lesser Poland 56
Łódź 35
Pomeranian 26
Lower Silesian 21

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 272 people named Buch live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 158
Buenos Aires Province 70
City of Buenos Aires 22
Entre Ríos 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

45 people named Buch live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 20
Schwyz 8
Bern 5
Aargau 3
Basel-Stadt 3
Fribourg 3
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

92 people named Buch is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 92

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Buch in American newspapers,
1903–1916.

Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Buch
The Rice Belt Journal 1915-05-14
Newspaper page from The Tupelo Journal carrying the name Buch
The Tupelo Journal 1903-08-28
Newspaper page from The Daily Commonwealth carrying the name Buch
The Daily Commonwealth 1916-11-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Buch,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christian I
    Christian I 1130–1183 · politician
  • Heinrich Michael Buch
    Heinrich Michael Buch 1590–1666 · cobbler
  • Christian Franz Buch d. 1754 · printer
  • Christian Franz Buch d. 1754 · printer
  • Wilhelm von Buch d. 1587 · historian
  • Félix Jerónimo Buch d. 1782

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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Surnames next to Buch.

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