Buchholz

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Buchholz.

Proper noun

Buchholz (plural Buchholzes)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Buchholz is the 4547th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7790 individuals. Buchholz is most common among White (95.12%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Buche (beech) +‎ Holz (wood).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuːxhɔlt͡s/
  • Hyphenation: Buch‧holz

Proper noun

Buchholz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Buchholz' or (with an article) Buchholz, feminine genitive Buchholz, plural Buchholz or Buchholzes or Buchholzens)

  1. a surname

Proper noun

Buchholz n (proper noun, genitive Buchholz' or (with an article) Buchholz)

  1. a town in Harburg district, Lower Saxony; official name: Buchholz in der Nordheide
  2. a municipality of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein
  3. a municipality of Heidekreis district, Lower Saxony; official name: Buchholz (Aller)
  4. a municipality of Herzogtum Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein
  5. a municipality of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, also called Buchholz (bei Röbel)
  6. a municipality of Neuwied district, Rhineland-Palatinate; official name: Buchholz (Westerwald)
  7. a municipality of Schaumburg district, Lower Saxony, also called Buchholz (bei Stadthagen)
  8. a hamlet in Büllingen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
  9. Pochi (a hamlet in Salorno, South Tyrol, Italy)
  10. a neighborhood of Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis district, Saxony

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