An English, Scottish and German surname, Buck comes from the Old English terms ‘buc‘, ‘bucca’ and ‘bucc’ which referred to a male goat or deer and then someone with such strength. There is also another Old English term ‘boc’ which refers to a beech tree. The spelling variations for Buck include Bucke, Buke and Buch. A German spelling for Buck would be Burkhart and Bock. In England the Buck surname covers most of England and Wales, but is heaviest populated in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Essex and the city of London. In Scotland the Buck name is very popular located in the counties of Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Fife, Angus, Roxburghshire, Aberdeenshire, Perthshire and Midlothian. Within the United States the Buck family name originated in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, California and Massachusetts. Famous: David Buck (English actor), Frank Buck (animal collector, establishing zoos and making movies about animals), John Buck (professional baseball player), Samuel and Nathaniel Buck ( 18th century engraving and printing specialists of England), Rob Buck (musician and songwriter), Pearl S. Buck (novelist), Joe Buck (sports broadcaster) and Detlev Buck (German movie film director).