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UK surname

Buckton

In the 1881 census there were 413 people recorded with the Buckton surname, ranking it #7,794 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 594, ranked #8,788, down from #7,794 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Lanchester (Collierley, Kyo, Billingside, Medomsley, Ebchchester, Benfieldside, Heelyfield, Conside, Middlesborough and Darlington. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Redcar and Cleveland, East Riding of Yorkshire and Middlesbrough.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Buckton is 689 in 1998. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 43.8%.

1881 census count

413

Ranked #7,794

Modern count

594

2016, ranked #8,788

Peak year

1998

689 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Buckton had 413 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,794 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 594 in 2016, ranked #8,788.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 536 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Young Families in Industrial Towns.

Buckton surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Buckton surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Buckton 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 304 #7,559
1861 historical 297 #8,508
1881 historical 413 #7,794
1891 historical 467 #7,846
1901 historical 490 #8,171
1911 historical 536 #7,432
1997 modern 661 #7,579
1998 modern 689 #7,572
1999 modern 676 #7,718
2000 modern 670 #7,749
2001 modern 652 #7,779
2002 modern 649 #7,959
2003 modern 631 #8,001
2004 modern 644 #7,893
2005 modern 616 #8,102
2006 modern 580 #8,497
2007 modern 586 #8,515
2008 modern 591 #8,512
2009 modern 595 #8,649
2010 modern 621 #8,553
2011 modern 615 #8,519
2012 modern 582 #8,793
2013 modern 618 #8,538
2014 modern 608 #8,709
2015 modern 599 #8,750
2016 modern 594 #8,788

Geography

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Where Bucktons are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Lanchester (Collierley, Kyo, Billingside, Medomsley, Ebchchester, Benfieldside, Heelyfield, Conside, Middlesborough, Darlington and Leeds. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Redcar and Cleveland, East Riding of Yorkshire and Middlesbrough. 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 Lanchester (Collierley, Kyo, Billingside, Medomsley, Ebchchester, Benfieldside, Heelyfield, Conside Durham
2 Middlesborough Durham
3 Darlington Durham
4 Leeds Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Redcar and Cleveland 003 Redcar and Cleveland
2 Redcar and Cleveland 022 Redcar and Cleveland
3 Redcar and Cleveland 001 Redcar and Cleveland
4 East Riding of Yorkshire 014 East Riding of Yorkshire
5 Middlesbrough 001 Middlesbrough

Forenames

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First names often paired with Buckton

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Buckton

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Buckton, 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

Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce

Group

Young Families in Industrial Towns

Nationally, the Buckton surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Young Families in Industrial Towns, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Buckton household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These neighbourhoods house predominantly young, UK-born individuals identifying with a White ethnic group with dependent children. Long-term disability and unpaid care are prevalent, and religious affiliations are uncommon. Housing is terraced or semi-detached and social rented sector housing is the norm. Unemployment is above the Supergroup average, and employment is principally in elementary occupations, as process plant and machine operatives, or in caring and leisure services. Educational attainment is low. The group is scattered throughout former industrial towns in the Midlands and the South Wales Valleys.

Wider pattern

Living in terraced or semi-detached houses, residents of these neighbourhoods typically lack high levels of education and work in elementary or routine service occupations. Unemployment is above average. Residents are predominantly born in the UK, and residents are also predominantly from ethnic minorities. Social (but not private sector) rented sector housing is common. This Supergroup is found throughout the UK’s conurbations and industrial regions but is also an integral part of smaller towns.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Buckton is most associated with areas classed as Skilled Trades and Construction 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

These scattered, peripheral and often low residential density neighbourhoods house more workers in skilled trades and construction. Few households rent social housing and there are few students. Multiple car ownership is higher than the Supergroup average, perhaps because of poorer public transport connectivity. Incidence of mixed or multiple ethnicity is below the Supergroup average, and the absence of individuals identifying as Pakistani or Other Asian groups is also less pronounced. Flatted accommodation is less dominant than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Buckton is most concentrated in decile 7 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

Buckton falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more deprived end of the index.

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

1
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

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

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

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Buckton families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Buckton 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. Yorkshire leads with 201 Bucktons recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.03x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 201 5.03x
Durham 103 8.59x
Lancashire 30 0.63x
Middlesex 30 0.74x
Surrey 26 1.32x
Warwickshire 8 0.79x
Hampshire 7 0.85x
Staffordshire 3 0.22x
Devon 2 0.24x
Gloucestershire 2 0.25x
Northumberland 1 0.17x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Whickham in Durham leads with 25 Bucktons recorded in 1881 and an index of 226.65x.

Place Total Index
Whickham 25 226.65x
Headingley Cum Burley 21 81.71x
Darlington 20 43.22x
Holbeck 16 60.49x
Armley 12 68.14x
Holy Trinity 12 12.50x
Hackney London 11 4.87x
Stranton 11 27.26x
Battersea 10 6.75x
Chapel Allerton 10 167.50x
Bramley 9 520.23x
Sculcoates 9 14.22x
Wilton In Guisbrough 9 502.79x
Wortley In Bramley 9 28.46x
Great Aycliffe 8 689.66x
Leeds 8 3.55x
Seaton With Slingley 7 2592.59x
Snape 7 1076.92x
Bramley In Bramley 6 39.27x
Chorlton On Medlock 6 7.90x
Great Ayton 6 245.90x
Hunslet 6 9.64x
Lambeth 6 1.71x
Middlesbrough 6 11.54x
Portsmouth 6 31.56x
Pudsey 6 28.12x
Stretford 6 22.81x
Wolsingham 6 54.95x
Birmingham 5 1.48x
Bradford 5 22.34x
Brandon Byshottles 5 33.31x
Edgware 5 442.48x
Firby In Bedale 5 4166.67x
Haughton Le Skerne 5 505.05x
Hipperholme Cum 5 28.51x
Warrington 5 8.82x
Whitworth 5 57.01x
Kirkleatham 4 74.21x
Little Ribston 4 1600.00x
Pannal 4 104.44x
Skelton In Guisbrough 4 37.04x
Thornton Le Clay 4 1052.63x
Well 4 909.09x
Coundon 3 61.73x
Edgbaston 3 9.52x
Lichfield St Mary 3 76.53x
Shoreditch London 3 1.72x
Strensall 3 483.87x
Bethnal Green London 2 1.14x
Easington 2 114.94x
Gorton 2 4.45x
Hulme 2 2.00x
Newton Abbot St Mary 2 28.45x
Paddington London 2 1.35x
Potter Newton 2 28.41x
St George Hanover Square 2 2.82x
Westerton 2 312.50x
York St Cuthbert 2 54.79x
York St George 2 63.49x
Ashford 1 31.45x
Ashton Under Lyne 1 0.96x
Bristol St Stephen 1 48.78x
Calverley Cum Farsley 1 8.82x
Chelsea London 1 0.82x
Ellingtons 1 833.33x
Halifax 1 1.71x
Holdenhurst 1 4.62x
Hornsey 1 1.96x
Kensington London 1 0.45x
Kingstonupon Hull 1 31.25x
Melmerby In Ripon 1 238.10x
Middleton Tyas 1 131.58x
Newcastle On Tyne St John 1 12.69x
North Meols 1 2.14x
Roundhay 1 89.29x
Skinningrove 1 40.82x
South Bedburn Hamsterley 1 208.33x
Spotland 1 1.88x
Wetherby 1 38.46x
Woking 1 8.45x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 28
Elizabeth 21
Jane 17
Sarah 13
Ann 11
Eliza 10
Hannah 8
Emma 6
Caroline 5
Margaret 5
Edith 4
Maria 4
Alice 3
Annie 3
Ellen 3
Florence 3
Gertrude 3
Louisa 3
Martha 3
Rhoda 3
Agnes 2
Catherine 2
Charlotte 2
Clotilda 2
Dorothy 2
Emily 2
Frances 2
Grace 2
Isabell 2
Isabella 2
Kate 2
Rose 2
Annette 1
Clara 1
Daisy 1
Elizth. 1
Esther 1
Ethel 1
Fanny 1
Flora 1
Georgeine 1
Jemima 1
Julia 1
Lizzie 1
Lousia 1
Mabel 1
Marian 1
Marie 1
Marion 1
Vilbetta 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 32
Thomas 23
William 18
Henry 14
James 14
George 13
Edward 11
Alfred 6
Joseph 5
Charles 4
Harry 4
Jas. 4
Richard 4
Walter 4
Francis 3
Samuel 3
A. 2
Abraham 2
Arthur 2
Christopher 2
Frederick 2
Albert 1
Archie 1
Burnley 1
C. 1
Chas. 1
Chas.H. 1
Christian 1
Dilham 1
Ernest 1
Frank 1
Fred 1
Gouras 1
Harold 1
Humphry 1
Joe 1
Joshua 1
Matthew 1
Percy 1
R. 1
Saml. 1
Thos. 1
Tom 1
Tom. 1
Vincent 1

FAQ

Buckton surname: questions and answers

How common was the Buckton surname in 1881?

In 1881, 413 people were recorded with the Buckton surname. That placed it at #7,794 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Buckton surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 594 in 2016. That gives Buckton a modern rank of #8,788.

What does the Buckton map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Buckton 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.