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Buckley Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the many places so named, most of which are from Old English bucc ‘buck’, ‘male deer’ or bucca ‘he-goat’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’. Places called Buckley and Buckleigh, in Devon, are named with Old English boga ‘bow’ + clif ‘cliff’. English: possibly a variant of Bulkley, from the local pronunciation. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buachalla ‘descendant of Buachaill’, a byname meaning ‘cowherd’, ‘servant’, ‘boy’. Altered spelling of German Büchler (see Buechler), or of Büchle, a variant of Buechel.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Beckley, Bickley, Buckey, Buckler, Bulley, Brackley, Buckle, Hockley

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Buckley Ethnicity Estimate

What are the common regions with the Buckley name?

These results combine data from everyone in the AncestryDNA® database with the last name Buckley. The Ancestry® ethnicity regions shown are top five most common on average for these people.

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  • England & Wales

    39%

  • Ireland & Scotland

    34%

  • Germanic Europe

    6%

  • Eastern Europe & Russia

    3%

  • France

    3%

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Buckley Family Origin

Where is the Buckley family from?

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    You can see how Buckley families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Buckley family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Buckley families were found in the UK in 1891. In 1840 there were 138 Buckley families living in New York. This was about 30% of all the recorded Buckley's in the USA. New York had the highest population of Buckley families in 1840.
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    Buckley Family Occupations

    What did your Buckley ancestors do for a living?

    In 1880, Farmer, Laborer and Keeping House were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Buckley. The most common Buckley occupation in the USA was Farmer. 21% of Buckley's were Farmers. A less common occupation for the Buckley family was Carpenter.

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    • Farmer

      21%

    • Laborer

      14%

    • Keeping House

      9%

    • Carpenter

      2%

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    Buckley Historical Records

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    Census Record

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    Passenger List

    There are 72,000 immigration records available for the last name Buckley. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the USA, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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    There are 67,000 military records available for the last name Buckley. For the veterans among your Buckley ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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    Buckley Life Expectancy

    What is the average Buckley lifespan?

    Between 1941 and 2004, in the United States, Buckley life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1949, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Buckley in 1941 was 39, and 74 in 2004.

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