The Buchs surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 370 people carried this name — #55,505 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 351 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,017 people named Buchs live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 138 people named Buchs.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Buchs,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Buchs 1896–1973 · screenwriter -
Victor Buchs 1866–1953 · politician
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Raymond Buchs 1878–1958 · artist
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Alfred Buchs 1908– · civil servant
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Julio Buchs 1926–1973 · screenwriter
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Roland Buchs 1940–2022 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buchs.
- Buchholtz 1,090 · U.S. census
- Buchholz 7,790 · U.S. census
- Buchi 138 · U.S. census
- Buchin 165 · U.S. census
- Buchler 595 · U.S. census
- Buchmann 582 · U.S. census
- Buchwald 951 · U.S. census
- Buchwalter 177 · U.S. census
- Buchy 131 · U.S. census
- Buck 42,639 · U.S. census
- Buckel 761 · U.S. census
- Buckenmeyer 238 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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