Arbuckle
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Hornbuckle
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in North Lanarkshire, from Scottish Gaelic earrann (“part, section”) + buachaille (“of the herdsman”).
Proper noun
Arbuckle (countable and uncountable, plural Arbuckles)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A census-designated place in Colusa County, California, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Arbuckle is the 7564th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4393 individuals. Arbuckle is most common among White (87.87%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Arbuckle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50.