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There are approximately 10,872 people named Buxton in the UK. That makes it the 971th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 172 are named Buxton.

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 Buxton surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) From the Saxon boc, a beech, German, buche, and ton--the beech-town. A village in Derbyshire, England.

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BUXTON. Places in cos. Derby, Hereford, and Norfolk. The baronet traces to the XV. cent, in the last-named county. The Buxtons of Derby, in the XIII. cent,, wrote themselves De Bawkestone. Lysous.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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