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

The Bucher surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,412 people carried this name — #4,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,400 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

10,794 people named Bucher live in Switzerland.

They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 3,783
Zurich 1,504
Bern 970
Aargau 869
Obwalden 540
St. Gallen 437
Zug 390
Solothurn 288

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,404 people named Bucher.

68 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 68
Haut-Rhin 322
Bas-Rhin 209
Paris 99
Moselle 75
Eure-et-Loir 74
Maine-et-Loire 64
Mayenne 54
Meurthe-et-Moselle 47

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

In Poland’s population register

89 people named Bucher have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 144 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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

Where they live today

Silesian 54
Greater Poland 26
Opole 5
Subcarpathian 4

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

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