How common is the surname Buxton?

7,925 people in the United States had the surname Buxton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,958 Americans. It ranked 4,477th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Buxton?

Sarah G. Buxton, American actress, followed by Glen Buxton.

Where is the surname Buxton most common?

Wikidata records people named Buxton in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

Is the surname Buxton getting more or less common?

More common. 7,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,925 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Buxton

An English place surname, carried by 7,925 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buxton is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

Two main origins: * The town in Derbyshire derives from Old English būgan (“to bend, bow”) + stān (“stone”). * The village in Norfolk derives from an unattested Old English personal name *Bucc + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Buxton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,925 people named Buxton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,958 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,293.

#4,477

rank among US surnames

7,925

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,477)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,469	Fellows	7,948	38,846
#4,470	Blythe	7,947	38,851
#4,471	Urias	7,941	38,880
#4,472	Haddock	7,940	38,885
#4,473	Appel	7,938	38,895
#4,474	Rupert	7,936	38,904
#4,475	McInnis	7,933	38,919

Who is named Buxton

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

83% of people named Buxton identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buxtons

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah G. Buxton
American actress, born 1965
Glen Buxton
American guitarist, songwriter (1947-1997)
Frank Buxton
American actor (1930-2018)
Byron Buxton
American baseball player (born 1993)
Douglas Buxton
Australian sailor (1917–1984)
Lewis Buxton
British association football player (born 1983)
Richard Buxton
British botanist (1786-1865)

Notable Buxtons come mostly from the United States (4), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Buckstone

Buxton has the Soundex code B235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B235.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Buxton come from?: Two main origins: * The town in Derbyshire derives from Old English būgan (“to bend, bow”) + stān (“stone”). * The village in Norfolk derives from an unattested Old English personal name *Bucc + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Buxton?: 7,925 people in the United States had the surname Buxton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,958 Americans. It ranked 4,477th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buxton?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Buxton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Buxton?: Sarah G. Buxton, American actress, followed by Glen Buxton.
Where is the surname Buxton most common?: Wikidata records people named Buxton in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Buxton?: Buxton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Buxton getting more or less common?: More common. 7,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,925 in 2010, up 8.7%.
What are other spellings of Buxton?: Buckstone.