How common is the surname Berkey?

3,515 people in the United States had the surname Berkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,837 Americans. It ranked 9,262nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Berkey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Berkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Berkey getting more or less common?

More common. 3,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,515 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Berkey

A surname, carried by 3,515 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berkey is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,515 people named Berkey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,837 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,165.

#9,262

rank among US surnames

3,515

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+11.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,422)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,255	Mill	3,518	87,762
#9,257	Bakke	3,517	87,787
#9,258	Krawczyk	3,516	87,812
#9,262	Gingrich	3,515	87,837
#9,265	Sickler	3,514	87,862
#9,267	Deleo	3,513	87,887

Who is named Berkey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Berkey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Berkey

Berkey has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

How common is the surname Berkey?: 3,515 people in the United States had the surname Berkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,837 Americans. It ranked 9,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berkey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Berkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Berkey getting more or less common?: More common. 3,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,515 in 2010, up 11%.