Buckley Name Meaning: A surname which may have derived from the Anglo-Saxon name meaning 'goat' and 'wood', may also refer to a clearing in the wood ('leah') and 'buck' referring to a 'male deer'.
An occupational surname referring to anyone who worked in a 'wood clearing' or who worked with or kept deer. May have also derived from place settlements of the same or similar names. In Gaelic this name is also simliar to the name meaning 'boy' or 'cowherd'.
Discover how your Buckley ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 22 |
| Buckinghamshire | 10 |
| Berkshire | 12 |
| Cambridgeshire | 12 |
| Channel Islands | 20 |
| Cheshire | 1,296 |
| Cornwall | 4 |
| Cumberland | 26 |
| Derbyshire | 454 |
| Devon | 63 |
| Dorset | 16 |
| Durham | 135 |
| Essex | 64 |
| Gloucestershire | 69 |
| Hampshire | 29 |
| Herefordshire | 14 |
| Hertfordshire | 4 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
| Isle of Man | 8 |
| Kent | 87 |
| Lancashire | 6,833 |
| Leicestershire | 123 |
| Lincolnshire | 19 |
| London | 1,103 |
| Middlesex | 68 |
| Northumberland | 50 |
| Norfolk | 13 |
| Northamptonshire | 75 |
| Nottinghamshire | 136 |
| Oxfordshire | 12 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
| Shropshire | 160 |
| Suffolk | 23 |
| Somerset | 35 |
| Surrey | 76 |
| Sussex | 21 |
| Staffordshire | 728 |
| Warwickshire | 308 |
| Westmorland | 12 |
| Wiltshire | 27 |
| Worcestershire | 122 |
| Yorkshire | 2,810 |
| Anglesey | 1 |
| Brecknockshire | 12 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 33 |
| Carmarthenshire | 10 |
| Denbighshire | 14 |
| Flintshire | 14 |
| Glamorgan | 159 |
| Merionethshire | 23 |
| Montgomeryshire | 57 |
| Monmouthshire | 96 |
| Pembrokeshire | 6 |
| Radnorshire | 1 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 2,976 |
| Cotton Weaver | 374 |
| Coal Miner | 220 |
| Woollen Weaver | 156 |
| House Keeper | 134 |
| General Labourer | 125 |
| Labourer | 118 |
| Domestic Servant | 112 |
| Cotton Operative | 112 |
| Dress Maker | 111 |
| Cotton Piecer | 111 |
| Cotton Reeler | 88 |
| General Servant | 76 |
| Carter | 58 |
| Annuitant | 57 |
| Laundress | 55 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 54 |
| Charwoman | 53 |
| Cotton Spinner | 53 |
| Cotton Winder | 40 |
| Joiner | 40 |
| Grocer | 39 |
| Silk Weaver | 37 |
| General Servant Domestic | 35 |
| No Occupation | 35 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Buckley | 8,667 |
| John Buckley | 7,737 |
| William Buckley | 5,603 |
| James Buckley | 5,248 |
| Sarah Buckley | 4,947 |
| Elizabeth Buckley | 4,316 |
| Thomas Buckley | 3,604 |
| Ann Buckley | 2,908 |
| Joseph Buckley | 2,878 |
| George Buckley | 2,790 |
| Hannah Buckley | 2,220 |
| Alice Buckley | 2,206 |
| Jane Buckley | 1,960 |
| Ellen Buckley | 1,710 |
| Samuel Buckley | 1,703 |
| Robert Buckley | 1,590 |
| Charles Buckley | 1,531 |
| Annie Buckley | 1,518 |
| Henry Buckley | 1,397 |
| Martha Buckley | 1,389 |
| Margaret Buckley | 1,376 |
| Eliza Buckley | 1,325 |
| Emma Buckley | 1,304 |
| Edward Buckley | 1,064 |
| Betty Buckley | 958 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckley | 100% | 113,053 |
| 2 | Bickley | 86% | 8,191 |
| 3 | Beckley | 86% | 6,058 |
| 4 | Buckly | 86% | 2,704 |
| 5 | Backley | 86% | 1,447 |
| 6 | Buchley | 86% | 776 |
| 7 | Buckely | 71% | 454 |
| 8 | Bouckley | 88% | 449 |
| 9 | Bukley | 86% | 269 |
| 10 | Beckly | 71% | 208 |
| 11 | Bockley | 86% | 172 |
| 12 | Buckeley | 88% | 128 |
| 13 | Bucklay | 86% | 123 |
| 14 | Bickly | 71% | 108 |
The surname Buckley is the most popular version of all its varients