Explore the Family Name Bucker

The meaning of Bucker

1. English: variant of Booker (see Bowker). This form of the surname is rare in Britain. 2. German (Bücker): see Buecker.

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How common is the last name Bucker in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bucker has seen a significant uptick between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the name was ranked 45,308th in terms of popularity across the country, but by 2010 it had climbed to the 40,494th position, marking a 10.63% increase. The count of people carrying this surname also rose from 445 to 540 during this period, an increase of 21.35%. Furthermore, when considering the proportion per 100k people, there was a growth of 12.5%, moving from 0.16 to 0.18.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,308	#40,494	10.63%
Count	445	540	21.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.18	12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bucker

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts over the decade. The share of individuals identifying as White with the Bucker surname increased slightly from 80.45% in 2000 to 84.63% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage identifying as Black decreased from 15.73% to 11.67%. Those identifying as part of two or more races saw a rise from 1.12% to 1.48%. Interestingly, while there were no self-identified Hispanic individuals with this surname in 2000, this group represented 1.11% of the Bucker population by 2010. It should be noted that the figures for Asian/Pacific Islander dropped to zero, and there were no reported American Indian and Alaskan Natives within this surname group in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	80.45%	84.63%	5.2%
Black	15.73%	11.67%	-25.81%
Two or More Races	1.12%	1.48%	32.14%
Hispanic	0%	1.11%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.35%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%