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Buck

in North Carolina

There are 1,411 people with the last name "Buck" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Buck 762
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  1. is 758th most common Hartley
  2. is 759th most common Browning
  3. is 760th most common Pickett
  4. is 761st most common Vinson
  5. is 762nd most common Buck
  6. is 763rd most common Triplett
  7. is 764th most common Dodson
  8. is 765th most common Tripp
  9. is 766th most common Puckett

Similar Names and Nicknames

Beck, Buckley, Buckner, Buckingham, Busch, Bock, Buckman, Buckles, Back, Buckland

Most Common First Names for Buck

William, John, David, James, Edward, Michael, Linda, Mary, Robert, Amanda

Meaning & History

English: nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat (Old English bucc(a)) or a male deer (Old English bucc). Old English Bucc(a) is found as a personal name, as is Old Norse Bukkr. Names such as Walter le Buk (Somerset 1243) are clearly nicknames.

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).

German: from a personal name, a short form of Burckhard (see Burkhart).

North German and Danish: nickname for a fat man, from Middle Low German būk ‘belly’. Compare Bauch.

German: variant of Bock.

German: variant of Puck in the sense ‘defiant’, ‘spiteful’, or ‘stubborn’.

German: topographic name from a field name, Buck ‘hill’.

FOREBEARS Emanuel Buck came from England to Plymouth Colony in the 1640s and in 1647 settled in Wethersfield, CT.

Recent Searches for "Buck" in North Carolina

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William Buck, NC (9 searches)
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