How common is the surname Birdsall?

3,095 people in the United States had the surname Birdsall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,756 Americans. It ranked 10,408th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Birdsall?

Jeanne Birdsall, American children's writer (born 1951), followed by Mary Birdsall.

Where is the surname Birdsall most common?

Wikidata records people named Birdsall in the United States.

Is the surname Birdsall getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,095 in 2010, down 3.9%.

The surname Birdsall

A surname, carried by 3,095 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Birdsall is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,095 people named Birdsall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,756 Americans. That is down 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,220.

#10,408

rank among US surnames

3,095

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-3.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,305)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,402	Faller	3,097	99,692
#10,405	Lipp	3,096	99,724
#10,408	Birdsall	3,095	99,756
#10,410	Albaugh	3,094	99,788
#10,411	Collings	3,093	99,821
#10,413	McDavid	3,092	99,853
#10,414	Houseman	3,091	99,885

Who is named Birdsall

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

93% of people named Birdsall identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Birdsalls

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeanne Birdsall
American children's writer (born 1951)
Mary Birdsall
American journalist, suffragist, temperance worker, 1828–1894

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Beardsell
Birdsell

Surnames that sound like Birdsall

Birdsall has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Questions

How common is the surname Birdsall?: 3,095 people in the United States had the surname Birdsall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,756 Americans. It ranked 10,408th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Birdsall?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Birdsall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Birdsall?: Jeanne Birdsall, American children's writer (born 1951), followed by Mary Birdsall.
Where is the surname Birdsall most common?: Wikidata records people named Birdsall in the United States.
Is the surname Birdsall getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,095 in 2010, down 3.9%.
What are other spellings of Birdsall?: Beardsell and Birdsell.