Given name & surname

Buchholz

Buchholz is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.

Original GermanBucholdt

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Buchholz comes from German.

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How it developed

From German Buchholz.

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Buchholz’s family of names

In German usage, Buchholz as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Bocholt. In German usage, Buchholz as a surname has a related form in BOCKHOLD. In German usage, Buchholz as a surname has a related form in Bockholdt.

Walk Buchholz’s family in the name graph

BuchholzBucherBucheBuchBockholtBuchholtzBucholdtBucholdBuchholzerBuchholtBuchholdBuchertBuchenBoekholtBockholdtBocholtБухгольцБуххольц

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Buchholz has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

EnglishGerman
Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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