Arbuckle

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)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A census-designated place in Colusa County, California, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Arbuckle is the 7564^th 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.