Buckingham Surname

22,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,009 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Buckingham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Buckingham.'

John de Bukingham, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1648. Baptised — George, s. John Buckingham: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1773. Married — Philip Buckingham and Eliz, Coward: St.

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Buckingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,5521:31,3763,910
England6,8681:8,1131,190
Australia2,5301:10,6701,583
Canada1,4301:25,7663,462
New Zealand6201:7,3041,248
Wales2211:14,0021,539
South Africa2211:245,14825,005
Scotland1051:50,9894,384
Northern Ireland881:20,9662,489
Thailand341:2,077,598243,257
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Guernsey291:2,222539
France291:2,290,439180,028
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Singapore171:323,98313,856
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Peru111:2,889,46628,985
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Norway81:642,78647,258
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Finland71:785,24338,644
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Micronesia41:26,561731
Malta41:107,5681,849
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China31:455,773,85521,925
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Barbados11:287,4482,772
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,8961:6,257960
Wales631:24,8951,432
Scotland151:249,5488,553
Guernsey91:3,628639
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7581:18,2082,304

Buckingham (37) may also be a first name.

Buckingham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Buckingham.'

John de Bukingham, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1648. Baptised — George, s. John Buckingham: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1773. Married — Philip Buckingham and Eliz, Coward: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Buckingham = the Home of the Bucc(a Family [Anglo-Saxon Buccingahám-bucc, a buck + ~inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing + hám, home, estate]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Buckingham (the homestead of Bucca’s people), in Buckinghamshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The town from which the shire is named.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Saxon.) Local. A shire and town in England, and so called either from Bucen, beechen, and ham, a village, from the abundance of beech—trees growing there, or from the Saxon bucca, deer—the deer—village.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The county town.

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

The Buckinghams are well represented in the South Molton district. There was an old Exeter family of Buckenham, members of which three times filled the office of mayor in the reign of Henry VIII. (I.). The name is still well established in this city.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Buckingham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buckingham occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Buckingham? popularity and diffusion

Buckingham is the 22,624th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 303,534 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Buckingham reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Buckingham is also the 1,688,769th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 37 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 11,552 people, or 1 in 31,376. In The United States it is primarily found in: Ohio, where 6 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and Maryland, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 70 countries. It is also common in England, where 29 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Buckingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Buckingham has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Buckingham surname grew 419 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 351 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 329 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Buckingham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Buckingham last name is predominantly Presbyterian (43%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Buckingham last name are 15.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.34% being registered with the political party.

The amount Buckingham earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.32% less than the national average, earning 258,457 kr per year; in Peru they earn 53.48% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,018 per year; in South Africa they earn 99.24% more than the national average, earning R 473,460 per year; in United States they earn 2.53% more than the national average, earning $44,239 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.62% more than the national average, earning $50,987 CAD per year.

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