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    The surname Buckelew

    A surname, carried by 1,546 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B240

    Buckelew: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buckelew #18,043, 1,546 people Buckelew: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buckelew #18,043, 1,546 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buckelew is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Bucklew.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,546 people named Buckelew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,214.

    #18,043
    rank among US surnames
    1,546
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,359)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,036Erhart1,547199,577
    #18,043Wadlington1,546199,706

    Who is named Buckelew

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

    95% of people named Buckelew identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buckelew

    Buckelew has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Buckelew come from?
    Variant of Bucklew.
    How common is the surname Buckelew?
    1,546 people in the United States had the surname Buckelew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. It ranked 18,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buckelew?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buckelew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Buckelew getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,214 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,546 in 2010, up 27%.