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    The surname Birdsell

    A surname, carried by 1,320 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B632

    Birdsell: #20,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Birdsell #20,192, 1,320 people Birdsell: #20,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Birdsell #20,192, 1,320 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Birdsell is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,320 people named Birdsell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,898 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,268.

    #20,192
    rank among US surnames
    1,320
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,672)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,183Cusano1,321233,721
    #20,192Ruppe1,320233,898
    #20,201Redington1,319234,075

    Who is named Birdsell

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

    95% of people named Birdsell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Birdsell

    Birdsell 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 Birdsell?
    1,320 people in the United States had the surname Birdsell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,898 Americans. It ranked 20,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Birdsell?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Birdsell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Birdsell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,320 in 2010, up 4.1%.