The Buys surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,160 people carried this name — #21,105 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,179 people named Buys 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 East Flanders.
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 161 people named Buys.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Nord.
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.
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Surnames next to Buys.
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