Buchholz

English

Alternative forms

• Buchholtz, Bucholtz, Bucholz, Buckholtz, Buckholz

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 4547^th 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”).

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

Derived terms

• Annaberg-Buchholz
• Märkisch Buchholz