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UK surname

Buckby

In the 1881 census there were 281 people recorded with the Buckby surname, ranking it #10,175 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 593, ranked #8,799, up from #10,175 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Burton Latimer, Pitchley and Kettering. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Wellingborough, Kettering and Daventry.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Buckby is 651 in 2002. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 111.0%.

1881 census count

281

Ranked #10,175

Modern count

593

2016, ranked #8,799

Peak year

2002

651 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Buckby had 281 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,175 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 593 in 2016, ranked #8,799.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 504 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Buckby surname distribution map

The map shows where the Buckby surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Buckby surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Buckby over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 131 #14,243
1861 historical 224 #10,882
1881 historical 281 #10,175
1891 historical 402 #8,842
1901 historical 388 #9,685
1911 historical 504 #7,787
1997 modern 615 #8,008
1998 modern 641 #7,986
1999 modern 650 #7,942
2000 modern 646 #7,974
2001 modern 633 #7,937
2002 modern 651 #7,933
2003 modern 637 #7,940
2004 modern 620 #8,141
2005 modern 605 #8,227
2006 modern 596 #8,326
2007 modern 610 #8,242
2008 modern 616 #8,237
2009 modern 613 #8,461
2010 modern 622 #8,542
2011 modern 634 #8,320
2012 modern 597 #8,640
2013 modern 619 #8,526
2014 modern 617 #8,613
2015 modern 602 #8,712
2016 modern 593 #8,799

Geography

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Where Buckbys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Burton Latimer, Pitchley, Kettering, Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars and Rothwell. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Wellingborough, Kettering and Daventry. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Burton Latimer Northamptonshire
2 Pitchley Northamptonshire
3 Kettering Northamptonshire
4 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire
5 Rothwell Northamptonshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Wellingborough 001 Wellingborough
2 Kettering 002 Kettering
3 Kettering 011 Kettering
4 Kettering 003 Kettering
5 Daventry 002 Daventry

Forenames

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First names often paired with Buckby

These lists show first names that appear often with the Buckby surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Buckby

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Buckby, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Buckby surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Buckby household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Buckby is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Buckby is most concentrated in decile 6 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname near the middle of the scale.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Buckby falls in decile 8 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Buckby is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Buckby, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Buckby families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Buckby surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Northamptonshire leads with 145 Buckbys recorded in 1881 and an index of 56.24x.

County Total Index
Northamptonshire 145 56.24x
Leicestershire 69 22.70x
Rutland 20 99.35x
Lincolnshire 18 4.11x
Middlesex 13 0.47x
Yorkshire 5 0.18x
Warwickshire 3 0.43x
Nottinghamshire 2 0.54x
Bedfordshire 1 0.70x
Derbyshire 1 0.23x
Hampshire 1 0.18x
Lancashire 1 0.03x
Pembrokeshire 1 1.15x
Staffordshire 1 0.11x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Kettering in Northamptonshire leads with 29 Buckbys recorded in 1881 and an index of 278.04x.

Place Total Index
Kettering 29 278.04x
Desborough 28 1443.30x
Kibworth Beauchamp 26 2476.19x
Pytchley 23 4339.62x
Rothwell 21 810.81x
Leicester St Margaret 18 24.29x
Spratton 18 2337.66x
Wing 13 4333.33x
Spittlegate 10 165.02x
Burton Latimer 8 512.82x
Mowsley 7 3500.00x
St Andrew Holborn London 7 58.97x
Bitteswell 5 1470.59x
Preston 5 1923.08x
Skillington 5 1351.35x
Belgrave 4 58.31x
Northampton St Giles 4 40.73x
St George Martyr London 4 72.07x
York Minster Yard W 4 634.92x
Barford 3 30000.00x
Irchester 3 187.50x
Sewstern 3 1578.95x
Humberstone 2 80.00x
Nottingham St Mary 2 2.09x
Smeeton 2 555.56x
Somerby In Grantham 2 178.57x
Wellingborough 2 15.43x
Willenhall 2 1818.18x
Ashby St Ledgers 1 400.00x
Coventry St Michael 1 4.50x
East Langton 1 434.78x
Hackney London 1 0.65x
Higham Park 1 5000.00x
Irthlingborough 1 39.53x
Leicester St Martin 1 49.02x
Longeaton 1 555.56x
Madeley 1 43.29x
Maltby In Rotherham 1 131.58x
Manthorpe Cum Little 1 29.85x
Mile End Old Town London 1 1.71x
Narberth North 1 64.52x
Northampton St Sepulchre 1 7.62x
Portsmouth 1 7.73x
Scaldwell 1 312.50x
Souldrop 1 454.55x
Stoke Dry 1 1666.67x
Stretford 1 5.59x
Uppingham 1 41.67x
West Haddon 1 119.05x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Buckby surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 17
Elizabeth 16
Sarah 14
Ann 7
Martha 6
Annie 4
Ellen 4
Caroline 3
Catherine 3
Emily 3
Emma 3
Jane 3
Alice 2
Charlotte 2
Clara 2
Hannah 2
Harriett 2
Kate 2
Lizzie 2
Margaret 2
Agnes 1
Amelia 1
Amy 1
Anna 1
Anne 1
Bertha 1
Bithynia 1
Edith 1
Eliza 1
Elizth.Hannah 1
Eveline 1
Fanny 1
Florance 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
George 1
Gertrude 1
Harriet 1
Hellen 1
June 1
Laura 1
Louisa 1
Lydia 1
Maud 1
Minney 1
N.A. 1
Rebecca 1
Rose 1
Susan 1
Susannah 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Buckby surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
John 19
George 15
William 13
Thomas 12
James 11
Charles 9
Joseph 8
Arthur 6
Henry 6
Samuel 5
Edward 3
Ernest 3
Frederick 3
Harry 3
Herbert 3
Richard 3
Albert 2
Fred 2
Timothy 2
Tom 2
Alfred 1
Allen 1
Amos 1
Author 1
David 1
Dennis 1
Edw. 1
Edwin 1
Eli 1
Frank 1
Geo.H. 1
Isaac 1
Ishmael 1
Jesse 1
Louis 1
Percy 1
Robert 1
Sidney 1
Walter 1
Wm.Henry 1
Zacchaeus 1

FAQ

Buckby surname: questions and answers

How common was the Buckby surname in 1881?

In 1881, 281 people were recorded with the Buckby surname. That placed it at #10,175 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Buckby surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 593 in 2016. That gives Buckby a modern rank of #8,799.

What does the Buckby map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Buckby bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.