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There are approximately 8,170 people named Buckingham in the UK. That makes it the 1,315th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 129 are named Buckingham.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Buckingham surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Sax. Local) A shire and town in England, and so called either from Bucen, beechen, and ham, a village, from the abundance of beech-trees growing there, or from the Saxon bucca, deer--the deer-village.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

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