The Buda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,809 people carried this name — #16,031 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,892 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
4,189 people named Buda have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,602 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 222 people named Buda 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 188 people named Buda.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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
84 people named Buda live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Buda 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
Buda in American newspapers,
1905–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49,658 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Buda,
with a public archive behind them.
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István Buda 1884–1945 · association football player -
Mario Buda 1884–1963 · revolutionary -
Mario Buda 1884–1963 · revolutionary
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Jaroslav Buda d. 1976 · physician
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Sándor Buda 1813–1875 · lawyer
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Elek Buda 1815–1901 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buda.
- Buchy 131 · U.S. census
- Buck 42,639 · U.S. census
- Buckel 761 · U.S. census
- Buckenmeyer 238 · U.S. census
- Buczek 1,294 · U.S. census
- Buczkowski 928 · U.S. census
- Budin 323 · U.S. census
- Budzinski 1,519 · U.S. census
- Bue 777 · U.S. census
- Buecher 108 · U.S. census
- Buendia 2,635 · U.S. census
- Bueno 16,936 · U.S. census
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