Buckwalter Surname

149,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,954 people bear this surname

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

Buckwalter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buckwalter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9101:124,55613,235
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Guam11:160,1214,893
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6711:74,8427,986

Buckwalter Last Name Facts

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

Buckwalter occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buckwalter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 149,540th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,467,009 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Buckwalter live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Buckwalter is most common in The United States, where it is held by 2,910 people, or 1 in 124,556. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 41 percent live, Virginia, where 5 percent live and Maryland, where 4 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Buckwalter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Buckwalter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buckwalter last name expanded 434 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buckwalter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Buckwalter last name are 25.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.33% being registered with the political party.

Buckwalter earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% less than the national average, earning $42,758 USD 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
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  • 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 Buckwalter
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