The Buscaglia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 524 people carried this name — #41,501 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 530 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Buscaglia surname
Variant of Boscaglia.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Buscaglia» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 745 people named Buscaglia 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 104 people named Buscaglia.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Buscaglia live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Buscaglia live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buscaglia.
- Burton 110,529 · U.S. census
- Burtscher 159 · U.S. census
- Bury 2,796 · U.S. census
- Burzynski 1,475 · U.S. census
- Bus 287 · U.S. census
- Busa 910 · U.S. census
- Buscemi 1,907 · U.S. census
- Busch 17,354 · U.S. census
- Busche 1,045 · U.S. census
- Buschmann 941 · U.S. census
- Buse 1,696 · U.S. census
- Buser 1,899 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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