Bucknam Surname

436,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Bucknam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bucknam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7371:491,80341,508
Canada491:751,95159,756
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3651:137,58513,032

Bucknam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bucknam is found most in The United States. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bucknam.

How Common Is The Last Name Bucknam? popularity and diffusion

Bucknam is the 436,213th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. The surname Bucknam is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Bucknam live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 737 people, or 1 in 491,803. In The United States Bucknam is primarily concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 14 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and New York, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States Bucknam exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 6 percent are found and Panama, where 0 percent are found.

Bucknam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bucknam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bucknam surname increased 202 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bucknam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bucknam last name are 7.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.26% registered with the political party.

The amount Bucknam earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.43% more than the national average, earning $44,628 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.71% more than the national average, earning $62,457 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bucknam
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