Buckenham Surname

357,522nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,015 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Buckenham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Buckenham,' four parishes in Norfolk, viz. Old and New Buckenham. Buckenham Parva, and Buckenham Ferry.

William de Bukenham, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ralph de Bukenham, Norfolk ibid.

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Buckenham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7281:76,5368,651
United States571:6,358,929302,882
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
New Zealand541:83,85811,975
Australia351:771,30649,759
Northern Ireland341:54,2664,423
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
France81:8,302,840321,660
India61:127,844,230863,365
Wales41:773,63329,106
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3851:63,3137,329
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Buckenham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Buckenham,' four parishes in Norfolk, viz. Old and New Buckenham. Buckenham Parva, and Buckenham Ferry.

William de Bukenham, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ralph de Bukenham, Norfolk ibid.

Peter de Bukenham, Norfolk, 1277: History of Norfolk.

Hugh de Bukenham, Norfolk, 1332: ibid.

Richard Buckenham, vicar of Quarles, Norfolk, temp. 1300: ibiil.

Oliver Buckenham, Norfolk, 25 Elizabeth: ibid.

1786. Married — Edward Mayhew and Sarah Buckinham: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Buckenham = 1 Bucca’sHome [Anglo-Saxon *Buccan-hám-Buccan-, genit. of Bucca (bucc: buck) + hám, a home, estate] 2 the Beechen Enclosure [from Old English bóc, a beech + ham(m, an enclosure, piece of land, dwelling]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Four parishes in Norfolk, anciently Bokenham.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Norfolk.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Buckenham Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Buckenham Come From? nationality or country of origin

Buckenham is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buckenham? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 357,522nd most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,179,848 people. Buckenham occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Buckenham reside; 76 percent reside in Northern Europe and 76 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 728 people, or 1 in 76,536. In England it is most frequent in: Norfolk, where 27 percent live, Suffolk, where 12 percent live and Cambridgeshire, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account England Buckenham exists in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.

Buckenham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Buckenham has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Buckenham last name increased 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 518 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buckenham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Buckenham surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Buckenham last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered with the party.

The amount Buckenham earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 36.12% more than the national average, earning R 323,472 per year; in United States they earn 54.64% more than the national average, earning $66,724 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.59% more than the national average, earning $52,459 CAD per year.

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