Explore the Family Name Buehrle

The meaning of Buehrle

South German (Bührle): variant of Bauer + diminutive ending; this form is congruent with a derivative of Old High German būr ‘dwelling place, house’, or a personal name Bührlen, from Bur(o), cognate perhaps with Old Norse buor ‘son’. Compare Buhrle.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Buehrle saw slight changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the Buehrle name ranked 38,833 in popularity with a count of 535, equating to a proportion of 0.2 per 100k people. By 2010, the rank had slipped slightly to 39,837, despite an increase in the actual number of people bearing the surname to 551, which represented a decrease in the proportion to 0.19 per 100k. This represents a 2.59% drop in rank, but a slight growth of 2.99% in the actual count.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,833	#39,837	-2.59%
Count	535	551	2.99%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.19	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Buehrle

The Decennial U.S Census data for the ethnicity associated with the Buehrle surname showed some shifts from 2000 to 2010 as well. In 2000, 97.20% of those with the surname identified as White, while by 2010, this had decreased slightly to 96.01%. The percentage of those identifying as having two or more ethnic backgrounds increased from 0.93% in 2000 to 1.27% in 2010. Notably, there were no individuals with the Buehrle surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Hispanic in either year, although Black individuals emerged in the 2010 census data at 1.27%, as did American Indian and Alaskan Natives in the 2000 data at 0.93%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.2%	96.01%	-1.22%
Two or More Races	0.93%	1.27%	36.56%
Black	0%	1.27%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.93%	0%	0%