The Buzzard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,287 people carried this name — #9,845 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,100 people counted. That is down 3% from 3,379 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Buzzard surname
In the first U.S. census, 1790
33 families named Buzzard, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 209 people lived in those households, 6.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 232 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Buzzard in American newspapers,
1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
In print
Buzzard in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.
3,648 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Buzzard. The most, 923, date from the 1960s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.8 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Buzzard.
Who carried it
People named Buzzard,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Buzzard 1912–1984 · judge
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Buzzard,
in the records of 5 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States173 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 116
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 30
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Larry B. BuzzardBorn 1946; from Sacramento, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Russell O. BuzzardBorn 1906 in Iowa. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold; sales clerk from Black Hawk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Garden of Memories Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record William BuzzardArrived at New York in 1874 aboard the Wyoming from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 38; miner. From England.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 173 records for Buzzard in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia123 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 98
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 21
- State Library of Western Australia indexes 3
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Henry BuzzardArrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Monarch of the Sea, aged 19; English.
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Herbert L. BuzzardRetired of Hawthorn, Victoria; died 1956.
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Example: civil register, 1880 Biographical index Brian BuzzardDied 1998; obituary published in Western Australia.
State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 123 records for Buzzard in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Canada8 records
- City of Calgary cemetery records 6
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Ralph BuzzardBuried in 1980 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 73.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Charles Alfred BuzzardBuried in 1958 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Eileen Patricia BuzzardBuried in 1973 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 59.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Showing 3 of 8 records for Buzzard in Canada.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
New Zealand3 records
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Josephine Lillian BuzzardDied 1985, aged 82; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Joy Patterson BuzzardDied 1997, aged 67; buried at Avonhead Memorial Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Percy BuzzardDied 1960, aged 68; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.
Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
United Kingdom1 record
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Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919 War record J. H. BuzzardRoyal Berkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.
National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Surnames next to Buzzard.
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