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    The surname Buckwalter

    A surname, carried by 2,392 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B243

    Buckwalter: #12,869 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buckwalter #12,869, 2,392 people Buckwalter: #12,869 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buckwalter #12,869, 2,392 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buckwalter is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,392 people named Buckwalter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,074 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,199.

    #12,869
    rank among US surnames
    2,392
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,833)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,861Hofmeister2,394128,966
    #12,865Wunder2,393129,020
    #12,869Buckwalter2,392129,074
    #12,872Luebke2,391129,128
    #12,878Silber2,390129,182

    Who is named Buckwalter

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

    93% of people named Buckwalter identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Buckwalter?
    2,392 people in the United States had the surname Buckwalter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,074 Americans. It ranked 12,869th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buckwalter?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Buckwalter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Buckwalter getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,392 in 2010, up 8.8%.