# Buckner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/buckner/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,822 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,434 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,438 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (23,645 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbʌknɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Bucknor |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Buckner 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

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

## People named Buckner

- Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American lieutenant general during World War II (1886–1945)
- Quinn Buckner, American basketball player and coach (born 1954)
- Susan Buckner, American actress (1952–2024)
- Bill Buckner, American baseball player
- Jack Buckner, British athletics competitor (born 1961)
- Milt Buckner, American jazz pianist and organist (1915–1977)
- Robert Buckner, American filmmaker (1906–1989)
- DeForest Buckner, American football player (born 1994)
- Greg Buckner, American basketball player (born 1976)
- Eric Buckner, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Alexander Buckner, American politician (1785-1833)
- Rasheeda, American rapper from Georgia

## Similar surnames

Beckner, Bucknor, Buechner, Bazemore, Bogner, Bachmeier, Boughner.

## 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.