Buehrle last name popularity, history, and meaning

Find out how popular the last name Buehrle is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Buehrle.

Meaning of Buehrle

A surname possibly deriving from the German "Bühler" meaning "someone from the hill".

Buehrle, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Buehrle surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Buehrle in America

Buehrle is the 39837th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Buehrle surname appeared 551 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Buehrle.

We can also compare 2010 data for Buehrle to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

2010 2000 Change (%)
Rank 39837 38833 2.55%
Count 551 535 2.95%
Proportion per 100k 0.19 0.20 -5.13%

The history of the last name Buehrle

The surname BUEHRLE originated in the German region of Baden-Württemberg, likely in the 16th or 17th century. It is derived from the German word "Bühr" or "Bühre", which referred to a small plot of farmland or a parcel of land, indicating that the name may have originated from a description of the bearer's occupation or landholdings.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name BUEHRLE can be found in the church records of the village of Sulzfeld, near Tauberbischofsheim, in the late 17th century. These records mention a Johann Buehrle, born in 1685, who worked as a farmer and landowner in the area.

In the 18th century, the BUEHRLE name appeared in various records across Baden-Württemberg, including the town of Kirchheim am Neckar, where a family of Buehrles owned a brewery and tavern. Johannes Buehrle (1723-1789) was the proprietor of this establishment and is considered one of the notable early bearers of the name.

During the 19th century, as industrialization and urbanization took hold in Germany, members of the BUEHRLE family migrated to larger cities like Stuttgart and Heilbronn. One prominent figure was Karl Buehrle (1844-1921), a successful businessman and industrialist who founded the Buehrle & Co. engineering firm in Stuttgart.

Another notable individual was Theodor Buehrle (1858-1932), a Lutheran pastor and theologian from Kirchheim am Neckar, who authored several books on religious subjects and was influential in the Protestant church in Baden-Württemberg.

In the 20th century, the BUEHRLE name gained international recognition through Emil Georg Buehrle (1890-1956), a Swiss industrialist and art collector who amassed one of the world's most valuable private art collections, including works by Picasso, Cézanne, and Monet. His collection is now housed in the Buehrle Foundation in Zurich.

While the name BUEHRLE is most prevalent in Germany, particularly in the Baden-Württemberg region, it has also spread to other parts of Europe and the world through migration and diaspora over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Buehrle

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Buehrle.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

  1. White only
  2. Black only
  3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
  4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
  5. Hispanic
  6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Buehrle was:

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Total Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only 96.01% 529
Non-Hispanic Black Only 1.27% 7
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only (S)% (S)
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native (S)% (S)
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races 1.27% 7
Hispanic Origin (S)% (S)

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Buehrle has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

2010 2000 Change (%)
White 96.01% 97.20% -1.23%
Black 1.27% (S)% (S)%
Asian and Pacific Islander (S)% (S)% (S)%
American Indian and Alaskan Native (S)% 0.93% (S)%
Two or More Races 1.27% 0.93% 30.91%
Hispanic (S)% 0.00% (S)%

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Buehrle was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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