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Bus Surname Meaning

Dutch: variant of Bos. Dutch: metonymic occupational name from bussemaker maker of boxes and tins or of firearms from (Middle) Dutch bus ‘box, tin, firearm’. See Buss.

Hungarian (mainly Bús): nickname from bús ‘sad’ (from the Turkic loanword bú ‘grief’). Alternatively, it may be from the old personal name Bús, a derivative of the same Turkic loanword.

Czech (Buš) and Slovak (Búš, Buš, and Bús): from a pet form of the personal names like Budislav (see Buda) or from a shortened form of the personal name Bohuslav formed with Slavic Bog ‘God’.

Danish: variant of Buus.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Bus families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bus family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Bus families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 9 Bus families living in Lancashire. This was about 45% of all the recorded Bus's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Bus families in 1891.
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What did your Bus ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Bus. 100% of Bus women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Passenger Lists

There are 1,000 immigration records available for the last name Bus. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Cards

There are 8,000 military records available for the last name Bus. For the veterans among your Bus ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Bus lifespan?

Between 1964 and 2004, in the United States, Bus life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1979, and highest in 1987. The average life expectancy for Bus in 1964 was 53, and 86 in 2004.

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