Buss

See also: buss and Appendix:Variations of "bus"

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
  • IPA(key): /bʌs/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Homophones: buss, bus
  • Rhymes: -ʌs

Proper noun

Buss (plural Busses)

  1. 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. Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 260.
  2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1901), p151
  3. Digital Dictionary of Surnames in Germany
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