Buchel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Buchel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 191 people carried this name — #95,545 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 10% from 212 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,519 people named Buchel live in Switzerland.

They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

St. Gallen 727
Zurich 288
Bern 91
Thurgau 78
Aargau 49
Lucerne 38
Graubünden 29
Basel-Landschaft 28

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 148 people named Buchel.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Bas-Rhin 78
Paris 16
Moselle 12
Haut-Rhin 11
Somme 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Hérault 2

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 68 people named Buchel 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 Santa Fe.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 54
Buenos Aires Province 14

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

Who carried it

People named Buchel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • J.F.B. Buchel d. 1920 · photographer
  • Daniël Buchel d. 1893 · naval personnel
  • Augustus Buchel 1813–1864 · army officer
  • Augustus Buchel 1813–1864 · army officer
  • Charles Buchel 1872–1950 · painter
  • Charles Buchel 1872–1950 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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