Frequency: (7263)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German (also Büsch): topographic name for someone who lived by a thicket or wood, from Middle High German busch ‘bush’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Kurt (8), Erwin (6), Bernd (4), Hans (4), Wolfgang (4), Klaus (3), Lorenz (3), Dieter (2), Erna (2), Ernst (2), Helmut (2), Meinrad (2).
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