The Buysse surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 611 people carried this name — #36,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 600 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Buysse surname
Variant of French Buis. This surname is mostly found in Belgium.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Buysse» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,946 people named Buysse 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 92 people named Buysse.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Buysse,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georges Buysse 1864–1916 · painter -
Georges Buysse 1864–1916 · painter -
Alice Buysse 1868–1963 · writer -
Marcel Buysse 1889–1939 · sport cyclist -
Lucien Buysse 1892–1980 · sport cyclist -
Louis Buysse 1830–1901
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buysse.
When the index is not enough
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