How common is the surname Buckley?

41,348 people in the United States had the surname Buckley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,467 Americans. It ranked 834th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Buckley?

Jeff Buckley, American musician (1966–1997), followed by William F. Buckley Jr..

Where is the surname Buckley most common?

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

How do you pronounce Buckley?

Buckley is /ˈbʌkli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Buckley getting more or less common?

More common. 40,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,348 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Buckley

An English place surname, carried by 41,348 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbʌkli/ 2 syllables Soundex B240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buckley is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Buckley 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 41,348 people named Buckley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,467 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 40,706.

#834

rank among US surnames

41,348

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #772)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#825	Knapp	41,771	7,391
#826	Herman	41,750	7,395
#827	Stark	41,735	7,398
#828	Bravo	41,700	7,404
#829	Noble	41,667	7,410
#830	Spears	41,665	7,410
#831	Weeks	41,565	7,428

Who is named Buckley

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

83% of people named Buckley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buckleys

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1947
Robert Buckley
American actor, born 1981
Timothy Buckley
American musician (1947–1975)
Andy Buckley
American actor, born 1965
Christopher Buckley
American writer (born 1952)
James Buckley
British actor, born 1987
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley
American electrical engineer (1887–1959)
Joaquin Buckley
American mixed martial artist (born 1994)
David Buckley
British composer, born 1976

Notable Buckleys come mostly from the United States (9) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buckley

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Buckley come from?: From Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to buck + -ley (“lea”).
How common is the surname Buckley?: 41,348 people in the United States had the surname Buckley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,467 Americans. It ranked 834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buckley?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Buckley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Buckley?: Jeff Buckley, American musician (1966–1997), followed by William F. Buckley Jr..
Where is the surname Buckley most common?: Wikidata records people named Buckley in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Buckley?: Buckley is /ˈbʌkli/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Buckley?: Buckley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Buckley getting more or less common?: More common. 40,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,348 in 2010, up 1.6%.