How common is the surname Buffington?

8,738 people in the United States had the surname Buffington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,334 Americans. It ranked 4,063rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Buffington getting more or less common?

More common. 8,714 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,738 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Buffington

A surname, carried by 8,738 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buffington is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,738 people named Buffington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,334 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,714.

#4,063

rank among US surnames

8,738

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,738)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,054	Winstead	8,756	35,261
#4,055	Mount	8,754	35,269
#4,056	Munn	8,751	35,281
#4,057	Iniguez	8,750	35,285
#4,058	Marquardt	8,749	35,289
#4,059	Szymanski	8,748	35,293
#4,060	Scully	8,747	35,297

Who is named Buffington

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

87% of people named Buffington identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buffington

Buffington has the Soundex code B152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B152.

Questions

How common is the surname Buffington?: 8,738 people in the United States had the surname Buffington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,334 Americans. It ranked 4,063rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buffington?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Buffington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Buffington getting more or less common?: More common. 8,714 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,738 in 2010, up 0.3%.