How common is the surname Hornbuckle?

2,237 people in the United States had the surname Hornbuckle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hornbuckle?

Alexis Hornbuckle, American basketball player, coach.

Where is the surname Hornbuckle most common?

Wikidata records people named Hornbuckle in the United States.

Is the surname Hornbuckle getting more or less common?

More common. 2,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Hornbuckle

A surname, carried by 2,237 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H651

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hornbuckle is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Arbuckle.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,237 people named Hornbuckle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,223.

#13,551

rank among US surnames

2,237

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,742)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,544	Pero	2,239	137,894
#13,545	Eugenio	2,238	137,956
#13,551	Threlkeld	2,237	138,018

Who is named Hornbuckle

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

72% of people named Hornbuckle identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.5%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hornbuckles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexis Hornbuckle
American basketball player, coach, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hornbuckle

Hornbuckle has the Soundex code H651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H651.

Questions

Where does the surname Hornbuckle come from?: Variant of Arbuckle.
How common is the surname Hornbuckle?: 2,237 people in the United States had the surname Hornbuckle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hornbuckle?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Hornbuckle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hornbuckle?: Alexis Hornbuckle, American basketball player, coach.
Where is the surname Hornbuckle most common?: Wikidata records people named Hornbuckle in the United States.
Is the surname Hornbuckle getting more or less common?: More common. 2,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, up 0.6%.