The Buxton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,925 people carried this name — #4,477 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 7,293 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Buxton surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Buxton» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Buxton’.

An early record he cites: Warner Buckston, Huntingdonshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Buxton and Buckston.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 153 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 31 people named Buxton live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 21
Neuquén 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Buxton was found among the farmers of 3 counties.

It was most frequent in Derbyshire: 43 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 233. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Derbyshire 43
Staffordshire 26
Cheshire 9

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

59 families named Buxton, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 313 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 19
Maine 6
Rhode Island 6
Connecticut 6
New Hampshire 5
Virginia 4
Maryland 3
South Carolina 3
Vermont 2
New York 2
North Carolina 2
Pennsylvania 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 232 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Buxton in American newspapers,
1890–1897.

Newspaper page from Lancaster Daily Intelligencer carrying the name Buxton
Lancaster Daily Intelligencer 1890-04-05
Newspaper page from The Madison Daily Leader carrying the name Buxton
The Madison Daily Leader 1897-04-15
Newspaper page from Montgomery County Sentinel carrying the name Buxton
Montgomery County Sentinel 1896-07-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 108,414 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Buxton in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

49,330 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Buxton. The most, 8,820, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 14,042
New South Wales 13,262
Queensland 8,709
South Australia 6,729
Western Australia 3,869
Tasmania 2,536
ACT (Canberra) 97
Northern Territory 18

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Buxton.

Who carried it

People named Buxton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ruth Buxton d. 1965
  • Marie Louise Lucienne Juiliette Martin d. 1938
  • Madeline Buxton d. 1957
  • Cecil Buxton d. 1972
  • Anne Maria Buxton d. 1951
  • John Buxton d. 1751

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Buxton,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States717 records

717 records of the Buxton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 241
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 118
  • Other U.S. records 358
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. Buxton

    Born 1906 in Washington. Enlisted 1943 at Chicago, Illinois; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond C. Buxton

    Born 1920 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Pittsburgh; electrical plant worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Plum Creek Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Dale Ryan Buxton

    Born 1952; from Rangeley, Maine. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 717 records for Buxton in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia820 records

820 records of the Buxton name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 327
  • Tasmanian Names Index 261
  • Other Australian records 232
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Richard Buxton

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Surrey, sailing from London in 1829. Native of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1835. Married 1835 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Samuel Buxton

    Died 1873 in Victoria - Huon, Tasmania, aged 31. Will registered in Tasmania in 1873.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Edgar C. Buxton

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Oroya, aged 17; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 820 records for Buxton in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom40 records

40 records of the Buxton name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 29
  • Welsh wills index cards 5
  • Other British records 6
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ian Buxton

    Buried in 1974 at St Thomas Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 44.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edward Charles Buxton

    Will proved in 1925; of Bettws-Y-Coed, Carnarvon.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Buxton

    Royal Irish Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 40 records for Buxton in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada37 records

37 records of the Buxton name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 13
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 8
  • Other Canadian records 16
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Scipio Buxton

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Mary, bound for Port Roseway, aged 26.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Thomas Buxton

    Died 1985, aged 82; buried at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William James Boyce Buxton

    Died 1933; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 37 records for Buxton in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand33 records

33 records of the Buxton name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 32
  • Waimakariri District cemetery records, Canterbury 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Buxton

    Died 1939, aged 75; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomas Buxton

    Died 1991; ashes interred at Kaiapoi Public Cemetery, Canterbury.

    Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Cap Buxton

    Died 1888, aged 56; buried at Addington Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 33 records for Buxton in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands16 records

16 records of the Buxton name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 9
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 6
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elyah Buxton

    Married in 1849 in Haarlem; coachman.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Elijah Buxton

    Died 1870 in Rotterdam, aged 20.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Marija Buxton

    Buried in 1735 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Buxton in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France4 records

4 records of the Buxton name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gisele Sylvia Buxton

    Born 1909 in Dieppe; died 2001 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mark Norman Buxton

    Born 1962 in Great Britain; died 1998 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Aline Jeanne Marie Buxton

    Born 1914 in Angers (Maine-et-Loire); died 2001 in Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Buxton in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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