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The surname Bucklin

A surname, carried by 1,638 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B245

Bucklin: #17,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bucklin #17,283, 1,638 people Bucklin: #17,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bucklin #17,283, 1,638 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bucklin is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,638 people named Bucklin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,489 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,633.

#17,283
rank among US surnames
1,638
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+0.3%
change since 2000 (was #16,260)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,274Dorey1,639188,374
#17,283Semon1,638188,489
#17,290Guilbeau1,637188,604

Who is named Bucklin

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

94% of people named Bucklin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bucklin

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

Questions

How common is the surname Bucklin?
1,638 people in the United States had the surname Bucklin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,489 Americans. It ranked 17,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bucklin?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bucklin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bucklin getting more or less common?
More common. 1,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,638 in 2010, up 0.3%.