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The Buser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,899 people carried this name — #15,429 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,815 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,252 people named Buser live in Switzerland.

They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 762
Aargau 260
Zurich 251
Basel-Stadt 196
Bern 174
Solothurn 162
Lucerne 90
St. Gallen 61

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 50 people named Buser.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Haut-Rhin 14
Paris 11
Doubs 3
Territoire de Belfort 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Drôme 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Buser in American newspapers,
1900–1919.

Newspaper page from Fergus County Argus carrying the name Buser
Fergus County Argus 1900-10-17
Newspaper page from Perth Amboy Evening News carrying the name Buser
Perth Amboy Evening News 1919-09-22
Newspaper page from The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian carrying the name Buser
The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian 1917-05-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,746,593 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Buser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Jakob Buser
    Johann Jakob Buser 1768–1844
  • Serena Bangerter-Buser
    Serena Bangerter-Buser 1871–1957 · physician
  • Hans Buser 1513–1544
  • Johann Jakob Buser 1768–1844 · politician
  • Friedrich Buser 1797–1833 · draftsperson
  • Benjamin Buser 1841–1886 · secondary school teacher

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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