The Buscemi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,907 people carried this name — #15,380 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 153,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,800 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Buscemi surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
Adapted from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, ultimately from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma, literally “castle of the man with the mole”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Buscemi» (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 455 people named Buscemi 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 270 people named Buscemi 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Buscemi.
Most of them — 50 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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
55 people named Buscemi live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 print
Buscemi in American newspapers,
1914–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 71 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Buscemi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ottavia Penna Buscemi 1907–1986 · politician -
Ottavia Penna Buscemi 1907–1986 · politician
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Salvatore Buscemi 1840–1913 · teacher
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Michela Buscemi 1939– · shopkeeper
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Marcello Buscemi 1944– · theologian
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Marcello Buscemi 1944– · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buscemi.
- 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
- Buscaglia 524 · 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
- Busi 285 · U.S. census
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