The Buche surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 431 people carried this name — #46,523 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 514 people named Buche.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
74 people named Buche live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Buche live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buche.
- Buan 374 · U.S. census
- Bubel 483 · U.S. census
- Buc 109 · U.S. census
- Bucci 5,143 · U.S. census
- Bucco 347 · U.S. census
- Buch 2,325 · U.S. census
- Buchel 212 · U.S. census
- Bucher 7,412 · U.S. census
- Buchert 992 · U.S. census
- Buchheit 1,565 · U.S. census
- Buchholtz 1,057 · U.S. census
- Buchholz 7,735 · U.S. census
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