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

The last name Buckwalter is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Buckwalter? popularity and diffusion

It is the 149,540th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,467,009 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Buckwalter are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Buckwalter is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2,910 people, or 1 in 124,556. In The United States it is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 41 percent are found, Virginia, where 5 percent are found and Maryland, where 4 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Buckwalter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Buckwalter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Buckwalter last name rose 434 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buckwalter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Buckwalter surname are 25.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.33% 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
  • 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 Buckwalter
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