How common is the surname Buckingham?

8,094 people in the United States had the surname Buckingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,145 Americans. It ranked 4,394th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Buckingham?

Lindsey Buckingham, American musician, followed by Edgar Buckingham.

Where is the surname Buckingham most common?

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

How do you pronounce Buckingham?

Buckingham is /ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Buckingham getting more or less common?

More common. 7,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,094 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Buckingham

An English place surname, carried by 8,094 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm/ 3 syllables Soundex B252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buckingham is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,094 people named Buckingham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,145 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,829.

#4,394

rank among US surnames

8,094

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,199)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,391	Hefner	8,100	38,117
#4,392	Enos	8,097	38,131
#4,393	Maness	8,095	38,140
#4,394	Buckingham	8,094	38,145

Who is named Buckingham

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

86% of people named Buckingham identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buckinghams

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lindsey Buckingham
American musician, born 1949
Edgar Buckingham
American physicist (1867–1940)
William Alfred Buckingham
American politician (1804-1875)
Greg Buckingham
American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder, 1945–1990
David Buckingham
Australian chemist and cricketer (1930–2021)
Mark Buckingham
British comic book artist, born 1966

Notable Buckinghams come mostly from the United States (4), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Buckingham come from?: From Old English Buccingahām, from the personal name Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)) + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“home”).
How common is the surname Buckingham?: 8,094 people in the United States had the surname Buckingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,145 Americans. It ranked 4,394th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buckingham?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Buckingham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Buckingham?: Lindsey Buckingham, American musician, followed by Edgar Buckingham.
Where is the surname Buckingham most common?: Wikidata records people named Buckingham in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Buckingham?: Buckingham is /ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Buckingham?: Buckingham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Buckingham getting more or less common?: More common. 7,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,094 in 2010, up 3.4%.