How common is the surname Buras?

1,815 people in the United States had the surname Buras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,108 Americans. It ranked 15,995th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buras?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Buras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Buras getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,018 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,815 in 2010, down 10%.

The surname Buras

A surname, carried by 1,815 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buras is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,815 people named Buras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,108 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,018.

#15,995

rank among US surnames

1,815

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-10.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,766)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,995	Strope	1,815	170,108
#16,004	Portnoy	1,814	170,202

Who is named Buras

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

91% of people named Buras identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buras

Buras 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 Buras?: 1,815 people in the United States had the surname Buras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,108 Americans. It ranked 15,995th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buras?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Buras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Buras getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,018 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,815 in 2010, down 10%.