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    The surname Buffkin

    A surname, carried by 1,084 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B125

    Buffkin: #23,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buffkin #23,457, 1,084 people Buffkin: #23,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buffkin #23,457, 1,084 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buffkin is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,084 people named Buffkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,821 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 979.

    #23,457
    rank among US surnames
    1,084
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.7%
    change since 2000 (was #24,037)

    Who is named Buffkin

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

    93% of people named Buffkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buffkin

    Buffkin has the Soundex code B125, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B125.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Buffkin?
    1,084 people in the United States had the surname Buffkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,821 Americans. It ranked 23,457th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buffkin?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Buffkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Buffkin getting more or less common?
    More common. 979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,084 in 2010, up 11%.