# Buckingham (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,094 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,394 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (7,829 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Buccingahām, from the personal name Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)) + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“home”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Buckingham 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Buckingham in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Buckingham

- Lindsey Buckingham, American musician
- Edgar Buckingham, American physicist (1867–1940)
- William Alfred Buckingham, American politician (1804-1875)
- Greg Buckingham, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder
- David Buckingham, Australian chemist and cricketer (1930–2021)
- Mark Buckingham, British comic book artist

## Similar surnames

Bocanegra, Basinger, Boykins, Bushong, Buckmaster, Baysinger, Biggins, Baginski, Bouknight, Basnight.

## 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.