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    The surname Birge

    A surname, carried by 2,520 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Birge is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,520 people named Birge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,311.

    #12,339
    rank among US surnames
    2,520
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,334)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,333Crochet2,521122,469
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518
    #12,348Timmins2,519122,567

    Who is named Birge

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

    86% of people named Birge identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Birges

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Raymond Thayer Birge
      American physical chemist (1887–1980)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Birge

    Birge 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 Birge?
    2,520 people in the United States had the surname Birge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. It ranked 12,339th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Birge?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Birge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Birge?
    Raymond Thayer Birge, American physical chemist (1887–1980).
    Where is the surname Birge most common?
    Wikidata records people named Birge in the United States.
    Is the surname Birge getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,520 in 2010, up 9.0%.