How Many People Have the Last Name Buck?
people had the surname Buck in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 6,920 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+198 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Buck (88.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 5.7%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Buck ranks #595. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Buck grew from 42,441 people in 2000 to 42,639 in 2010 (up 0.5%), and its rank fell from #737 to #812. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 15.73 to 14.45 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 42,441 | 42,639 |
| Rank | #737 | #812 |
| Per 100,000 people | 15.73 | 14.45 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Buck
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Buck: B200
👤 Buck as a First Name
Buck is a first name too: about 3,416 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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