The Busch surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 17,089 people carried this name — #1,935 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,800 people counted.
Free to read. No account, no sign-up.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 537 people named Busch.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 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
481 people named Busch live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
85 people named Busch have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 165 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 42 people named Busch 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 Liège.
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.
In print
Busch in American newspapers,
1893–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 171,708 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Busch,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Johann Joachim Busch 1720–1802 · architect -
Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich Busch 1788–1858 · physician -
Julius Hermann Moritz Busch 1821–1899 · writer -
Wilhelm Busch 1826–1881 · physician -
Wilhelm Busch 1832–1908 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 176 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Busch.
- Bury 2,849 · U.S. census
- Burzynski 1,401 · U.S. census
- Bus 308 · U.S. census
- Busa 952 · U.S. census
- Buscaglia 530 · U.S. census
- Buscemi 1,800 · U.S. census
- Busche 1,045 · U.S. census
- Buschmann 945 · U.S. census
- Buse 1,693 · U.S. census
- Buser 1,815 · U.S. census
- Busi 274 · U.S. census
- Buso 270 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Busch is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.