# Buckley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/buckley/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 41,348 |
| US rank (2010) | 834 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,467 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (40,706 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbʌkli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to buck + -ley (“lea”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Buckley 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Buckley in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Buckley

- Jeff Buckley, American musician (1966–1997)
- William F. Buckley Jr., American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator (1925–2008)
- Betty Buckley, American actress and singer
- Robert Buckley, American actor
- Timothy Buckley, American musician (1947–1975)
- Andy Buckley, American actor
- Christopher Buckley, American writer (born 1952)
- James Buckley, British actor
- Oliver Ellsworth Buckley, American electrical engineer (1887–1959)
- Joaquin Buckley, American mixed martial artist (born 1994)
- David Buckley, British composer

## Similar surnames

Beckley, Bickley, Buckelew, Buckle, Buckalew, Bickle, Bucklew, Beasley, Boswell, Bagley, Bigelow, Bagwell.

## 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.