# Arbuckle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/arbuckle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,393 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,564 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,281 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (4,284 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hornbuckle |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in North Lanarkshire, from Scottish Gaelic earrann (“part, section”) + buachaille (“of the herdsman”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arbuckle in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Similar surnames

Arvizu, Arbogast, Auerbach, Arbaugh, Arvizo, Arviso, Arbaiza.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.