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    The surname Birt

    A surname, carried by 2,577 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B630

    Birt: #12,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Birt #12,095, 2,577 people Birt: #12,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Birt #12,095, 2,577 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Birt is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,577 people named Birt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,808 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,476.

    #12,095
    rank among US surnames
    2,577
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,628)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,089Huffer2,578119,762
    #12,095Sommerville2,577119,808
    #12,099Keltner2,576119,855
    #12,101Daniell2,575119,901

    Who is named Birt

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

    76% of people named Birt identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Birts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Radcliffe Birt
      British astronomer (1804–1881)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Birt

    Birt has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Birt?
    2,577 people in the United States had the surname Birt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,808 Americans. It ranked 12,095th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Birt?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Birt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Birt?
    William Radcliffe Birt, British astronomer (1804–1881).
    Where is the surname Birt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Birt in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Birt getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,577 in 2010, up 4.1%.