Buck

41,103 people in the United States were counted with the surname Buck in the 2020 census, making it the 822nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 7,272.

By the numbers

People: 41,103
Rank: 822nd
How common: 1 in 7,272
Per 100,000: 13.8

Where the name comes from

Origin a nickname

For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Buck described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 84.9%
Black, not Hispanic 5.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%

Notable people called Buck

Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973)American writer
Linda B. Buck (born 1947)American biologist
Young Buck (born 1981)American rapper
Peter Buck (born 1956)American musician; guitarist for R.E.M., songwriter, record producer
Chris Buck (born 1960)American animator and film director
Bruce Buck (born 1946)American lawyer
Ken Buck (born 1959)American politician
Detlev Buck (born 1962)German film director, actor, screenwriter and film producer

People named Buck with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Buck

Also a first name

Buck has been given to 6,610 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1919. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.