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    The surname Bur

    A French occupational surname, carried by 533 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B600

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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). Bur is more common than 74.8% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Three possible origins: * Borrowed from French Bur, probably a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Alemannic German Bur (“peasant, farmer”) and Low German Bur (“peasant, farmer”). * Borrowed from Slovak Búr, a surname of unexplained origin.

    Bur is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 533 people named Bur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 471.

    #40,909
    rank among US surnames
    533
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.2%
    change since 2000 (was #43,232)

    Who is named Bur

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

    84% of people named Bur identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bur

    Bur has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bur come from?
    Three possible origins: * Borrowed from French Bur, probably a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Alemannic German Bur (“peasant, farmer”) and Low German Bur (“peasant, farmer”). * Borrowed from Slovak Búr, a surname of unexplained origin.
    How common is the surname Bur?
    533 people in the United States had the surname Bur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. It ranked 40,909th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bur?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Bur identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Bur?
    Bur is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bur getting more or less common?
    More common. 471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 533 in 2010, up 13%.