Explore the Family Name Buchwald

The meaning of Buchwald

1. German: topographic name for someone who lived by a beech forest, from Middle High German buoche ‘beech’ + walt ‘forest’, or a habitational name from any of numerous minor places so named, mainly in eastern Germany. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name, as in 1 above, or an adoption of the German surname. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Ekkehard, Erwin, Helmut, Manfred, Otto.

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How common is the last name Buchwald in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Buchwald has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. With a rank of 26,078 in 2000, it ascended to 25,865 by 2010. This represents a change of 0.82%. Additionally, the count of people with this surname increased by approximately 7.7%, from 883 individuals in 2000 to 951 in 2010. However, the proportion per 100,000 people slightly decreased by 3.03% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,078	#25,865	0.82%
Count	883	951	7.7%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.32	-3.03%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Buchwald

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows a shift between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals with the Buchwald surname who identified as White decreased from 96.83% to 94.11%. In contrast, those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 1.47% to 2.63%. Individuals identifying with two or more ethnicities also increased from 1.13% to 1.26%. The category for Asian/Pacific Islander was introduced in 2010, accounting for 1.26% of the Buchwald surname holders. No individuals with this surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.83%	94.11%	-2.81%
Hispanic	1.47%	2.63%	78.91%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.26%	0%
Two or More Races	1.13%	1.26%	11.5%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%