Last Name BUCKLAND

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Meaning	Local: Of Buckland, parishes in counties Bucks, Gloucester, Hertford, Kent, Somerset, Surrey, etc. Originally the 'laund,' or open space in the wood, where the bucks grazed; a glade, now spelt 'lawn.'

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank	8,959 (2000 US census)	12,091 (1990 US census)

Count	3,356 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.25%, or 3163 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.46%, or 49 total occurrences, as black,
0.66%, or 22 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.64%, or 55 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.58%, or 53 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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