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Buck

in the US

There are 36,710 people with the last name "Buck" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Buck 689
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  1. is 685th most common Orr
  2. is 686th most common Roach
  3. is 687th most common Shah
  4. is 688th most common Leach
  5. is 689th most common Buck
  6. is 690th most common Montoya
  7. is 691st most common Lara
  8. is 692nd most common Woodard
  9. is 693rd most common Solis

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buck

Robert, James, David, John, William, Michael, Richard, Mary, Charles, Thomas

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 the US

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Robert Buck (377 searches)
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