The Buchholz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,790 people carried this name — #4,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,735 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Buchholz surname
From Buche (“beech”) + Holz (“wood”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Buchholz» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
602 people named Buchholz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 784 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
147 people named Buchholz live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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
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 144 people named Buchholz.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
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 112 people named Buchholz 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
43 people named Buchholz is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Buchholz in American newspapers,
1905–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,064 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Buchholz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholtz 1734–1798 · physician -
Elisabeth Buchholz d. 1907
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Bertram Buchholtz 1600–1603 · printer
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Joachim Buchholz 1608–1663 · parson
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Iwan Buchholz 1671–1741 · explorer
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Rudolph Dietrich Buchholtz 1719–1778 · church musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buchholz.
- Buche 434 · U.S. census
- Buchel 191 · U.S. census
- Bucher 7,417 · U.S. census
- Buchert 1,094 · U.S. census
- Buchheit 1,631 · U.S. census
- Buchholtz 1,090 · U.S. census
- Buchi 138 · U.S. census
- Buchin 165 · U.S. census
- Buchler 595 · U.S. census
- Buchmann 582 · U.S. census
- Buchs 370 · U.S. census
- Buchwald 951 · U.S. census
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