Buchholz
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Buchholz.
Proper noun
Buchholz (plural Buchholzes)
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buchholz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244.
German
Etymology
From Buche (“beech”) + Holz (“wood”). Doublet of Bocholt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːxˌhɔlts/, [ˈbuːxˌhɔlt͡s], (also) [ˈbuːˌxɔlt͡s]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: Buch‧holz
Proper noun
Buchholz m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Buchholz' or Buchholzens or (with an article) Buchholz, plural Buchholzens or Buchholz)
- a surname
Proper noun
Buchholz n (proper noun, genitive Buchholz' or (with an article) Buchholz)
- a town in Harburg district, Lower Saxony; official name: Buchholz in der Nordheide
- a municipality of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein
- a municipality of Heidekreis district, Lower Saxony; official name: Buchholz (Aller)
- a municipality of Herzogtum Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein
- a municipality of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, also called Buchholz (bei Röbel)
- a municipality of Neuwied district, Rhineland-Palatinate; official name: Buchholz (Westerwald)
- a municipality of Schaumburg district, Lower Saxony, also called Buchholz (bei Stadthagen)
- a hamlet in Büllingen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
- Pochi (a hamlet in Salorno, South Tyrol, Italy)
- a neighborhood of Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis district, Saxony
Derived terms
- Annaberg-Buchholz
- Märkisch Buchholz