Buss

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English

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Etymology

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  • 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

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Proper noun

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Buss (plural Busses)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • 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

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