Bucker

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A horse or other animal that bucks

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/bəkɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bucker is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 616K
  • BRBrazil1 in 241K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bucker itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,100 people, est.

Sources
143 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Buecker in CD Congo - Kinshasa, NG Nigeria, IE Ireland and 1 more and Bücker in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A horse or other animal that bucks.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bucker counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bucker is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈3,100 est.≈1 in 26K—Bücker73
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 48K—Buecker1
BR Brazil—8771 in 241K877Bucker4
US United States—5401 in 616K540Bucker143
NG Nigeria—≈130 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Buecker1
IE Ireland—≈10 est.≈1 in 500K—Buecker2
SC Seychelles#407≈4 est.≈1 in 24K—Buecker1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bucker is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bücker

  • Spanish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Chile, Mexico

    Also written Bücker

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Bücker

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Also written Bücker

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Johann Bucker, b. 1650Heinrich Bucker, b. 1812Koen Bucker, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Bucker,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Bucker
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—877#10,416
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010540#40,494
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000445#45,308
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020325#65,853
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bucker mean, and where does it come from?
A horse or other animal that bucks. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Bucker?
A machine transcription gives /bəkɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Bucker have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.1 thousand people named Bucker in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bücker.
How common is the name Bucker?
In Brazil, the national register counted 877 people named Bucker, about 1 in 241 thousand residents.
How common is Bucker compared with other names?
In the Seychelles, Bucker is the 407th most common surname of 2,002 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bucker” — the 407th most common surname in Seychelles. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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