How common is the surname Buckland?

3,419 people in the United States had the surname Buckland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,303 Americans. It ranked 9,506th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buckland?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Buckland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Buckland?

Kira Buckland, American actress, followed by Michael Buckland.

Where is the surname Buckland most common?

Wikidata records people named Buckland in the United States.

Is the surname Buckland getting more or less common?

More common. 3,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,419 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Buckland

An English place surname, carried by 3,419 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buckland is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).

Buckland 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 3,419 people named Buckland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,303 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,356.

#9,506

rank among US surnames

3,419

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,959)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,501	Beery	3,421	90,250
#9,503	Naugle	3,420	90,276
#9,506	Mosely	3,419	90,303
#9,510	Ogilvie	3,418	90,329
#9,511	Thibeault	3,417	90,356
#9,515	Hord	3,416	90,382

Who is named Buckland

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

93% of people named Buckland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bucklands

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kira Buckland
American actress, born 1987
Michael Buckland
British-American librarian, born 1941

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Buckland

Buckland has the Soundex code B245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B245.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Buckland come from?: From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).
How common is the surname Buckland?: 3,419 people in the United States had the surname Buckland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,303 Americans. It ranked 9,506th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buckland?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Buckland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Buckland?: Kira Buckland, American actress, followed by Michael Buckland.
Where is the surname Buckland most common?: Wikidata records people named Buckland in the United States.
What type of surname is Buckland?: Buckland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Buckland getting more or less common?: More common. 3,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,419 in 2010, up 1.9%.