Origin Displayed: German
Spelling variations include: Bockner, Bochner, Buckner, Bucher, Bocher, Buchenau, Buckner and many more.

First found in Prussia, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Antho Buckner who arrived in Virginia in 1690; Carl Buckner who settled in Texas in 1846; Frederick Buckner who settled in Philadelphia in 1853; and Henry Buckner who settled in Ontario, Canada in 1871.

(Above is a small excerpt from http://www.houseofnames.com 1800 word history)

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