Buys

See also: buys

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Buijs.

Proper noun

Buys (plural Buyses)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Derived terms

• Buys Ballot's law

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Buys is the 21157^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1241 individuals. Buys is most common among White (96.45%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buys”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 263.