How common is the last name Buck?

41,103 people in the United States have the last name Buck, about 1 in 7,272. It ranks #822 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

BUCK

#822

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
41,103
About
1 in 7,272
This common or more
37.5%
Who bears it

Of the 41,103 people with the last name Buck, 84.9% reported their origin as White, 5.7% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Buck

1 other last name also has 41,103 people.

#822 Middleton · 41,103

Either side of Buck

#820 Stout · 41,195#821 Gentry · 41,191#822 Middleton · 41,103#824 Blankenship · 41,049

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Buck, most common first.

#13,438 Buch · 2,167#16,930 Bucy · 1,642#33,022 Bucko · 744#41,101 Bucks · 572#41,948 Busk · 558#51,662 Buuck · 435#54,177 Buick · 411#63,879 Buco · 337

Also a first name

As a first name, Buck ranks #5,253 of 53,615, with 3,308 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1919, with 102 births. See Buck as a first name

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