Buss
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English
Etymology
- Occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French busse (“cask, barrel”).[1]
- Cognominal surname for someone rotund, like a barrel.[1]
- Toponymic surname for someone living or working near a bush or thicket of bushes, from Middle English bush.[2]
- Patronymic surname derived from a hypocoristic form of personal names beginning with Burg, such as Burghardt.[3]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Buss (plural Busses)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Buss is the 3865th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9177 individuals. Buss is most common among White (95.65%) individuals.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 260.
- ^ A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1901), p151
- ^ Digital Dictionary of Surnames in Germany