How common is the last name Buckley?

40,231 people in the United States have the last name Buckley, about 1 in 7,430. It ranks #840 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BUCKLEY

#840

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
40,231
About
1 in 7,430
This common or more
37.7%
Who bears it

Of the 40,231 people with the last name Buckley, 80.1% reported their origin as White, 11.3% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Buckley

#838 Noble · 40,384#839 Lim · 40,278#841 Hardin · 40,223#842 House · 40,157

Spelled almost the same

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

#17,981 Buckalew · 1,531#22,483 Buckelew · 1,173#23,366 Buckle · 1,122#24,083 Bucklew · 1,084#32,948 Buckel · 746

Also a first name

As a first name, Buckley ranks #17,879 of 53,615, with 609 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 75 births. See Buckley as a first name

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