# Buckman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/buckman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,868 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,881 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,615 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.3% (5,948 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either of two derivations: # Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + mann (“man”), to denote a goat-keeper. # Old English bōc (“book”) + mann (“man”), to denote a student or scholar, or else a book-copier or bookbinder.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Buckman 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Buckman in the United States and Australia.

## People named Buckman

- Tara Buckman, American actress
- Zoe Buckman, Australian female athletics competitor

## Similar surnames

Beckman, Beckmann, Backman, Beekman, Bookman, Bockman, Boeckman, Buchanan, Bachman, Bushman, Buchman, Buchanon.

## 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.