How common is the surname Buck?

42,639 people in the United States had the surname Buck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,241 Americans. It ranked 812th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Buck?

Pearl S. Buck, American writer (1892–1973), followed by Linda B. Buck.

Where is the surname Buck most common?

Wikidata records people named Buck in the United States.

Is the surname Buck getting more or less common?

More common. 42,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 42,639 in 2010, up 0.5%.

Is Buck also a first name?

Yes. Buck is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Buck

A place surname, carried by 42,639 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bʌk/ 1 syllable Soundex B200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buck is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

* For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck. * Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech). * As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart. * As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Compare Bauch. * Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of Bock. * Also as a German surname, variant of Puck. * As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from buk (“beech”).

Buck is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 42,639 people named Buck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,241 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 42,441.

#812

rank among US surnames

42,639

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #737)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#803	Calhoun	43,180	7,150
#804	Sexton	43,133	7,158
#805	Chung	43,110	7,162
#806	Gentry	43,027	7,176
#807	Hull	43,018	7,177
#808	Duarte	42,983	7,183
#809	Ellison	42,827	7,209

Who is named Buck

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Buck identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bucks

16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pearl S. Buck
American writer (1892–1973)
Linda B. Buck
American biologist, born 1947
Peter Buck
American musician; guitarist for R.E.M., songwriter, record producer, born 1956
Chris Buck
American animator and film director, born 1960
Bruce Buck
American lawyer, born 1946
Ken Buck
American politician (born 1959)
Tara Buck
American actress, born 1975
Frank Buck
American hunter, animal collector, actor and author (1884–1950)
Carl Darling Buck
American linguist (1866–1955)
Sibyl Buck
American model and musician, born 1972
C. Douglass Buck
American politician (1890–1965)
Scott Buck
American screenwriter

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bucke
Book

Surnames that sound like Buck

Buck has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

Where does the surname Buck come from?: * For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck. * Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech). * As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart. * As a north German and Danish…
How common is the surname Buck?: 42,639 people in the United States had the surname Buck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,241 Americans. It ranked 812th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buck?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Buck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Buck?: Pearl S. Buck, American writer (1892–1973), followed by Linda B. Buck.
Where is the surname Buck most common?: Wikidata records people named Buck in the United States.
How do you pronounce Buck?: Buck is /bʌk/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Buck?: Buck is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Buck getting more or less common?: More common. 42,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 42,639 in 2010, up 0.5%.
What are other spellings of Buck?: Bucke and Book.
Is Buck also a first name?: Yes. Buck is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.