How common is the surname Buckner?

24,822 people in the United States had the surname Buckner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,438 Americans. It ranked 1,434th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Buckner?

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American lieutenant general during World War II (1886–1945), followed by Quinn Buckner.

Where is the surname Buckner most common?

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

How do you pronounce Buckner?

Buckner is /ˈbʌknɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Buckner getting more or less common?

More common. 23,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,822 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Buckner

A surname, carried by 24,822 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbʌknɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex B256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buckner is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 24,822 people named Buckner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,438 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,645.

#1,434

rank among US surnames

24,822

people in 2010

8.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #1,376)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,425	Fish	24,924	12,387
#1,426	Elkins	24,902	12,398
#1,427	Daley	24,901	12,399
#1,428	Lowry	24,895	12,402
#1,430	Solano	24,881	12,409
#1,431	Duong	24,870	12,414
#1,432	Edmonds	24,857	12,421

Who is named Buckner

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

67% of people named Buckner identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buckners

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1949–2019
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, born 1976

Notable Buckners come mostly from the United States (11) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bucknor

Surnames that sound like Buckner

Buckner has the Soundex code B256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B256.

Questions

How common is the surname Buckner?: 24,822 people in the United States had the surname Buckner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,438 Americans. It ranked 1,434th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buckner?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Buckner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Buckner?: Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American lieutenant general during World War II (1886–1945), followed by Quinn Buckner.
Where is the surname Buckner most common?: Wikidata records people named Buckner in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Buckner?: Buckner is /ˈbʌknɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Buckner getting more or less common?: More common. 23,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,822 in 2010, up 5.0%.
What are other spellings of Buckner?: Bucknor.