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    The surname Bucknor

    A surname, carried by 531 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B256

    Bucknor: #41,038 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bucknor #41,038, 531 people Bucknor: #41,038 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bucknor #41,038, 531 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bucknor is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    Americanized form of German Buchner, or a variant of the Scottish surname Buckner.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 531 people named Bucknor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 382.

    #41,038
    rank among US surnames
    531
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39%
    change since 2000 (was #51,233)

    Who is named Bucknor

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

    88% of people named Bucknor identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bucknor

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bucknor come from?
    Americanized form of German Buchner, or a variant of the Scottish surname Buckner.
    How common is the surname Bucknor?
    531 people in the United States had the surname Bucknor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. It ranked 41,038th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bucknor?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bucknor identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bucknor getting more or less common?
    More common. 382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 531 in 2010, up 39%.