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    The surname Burbage

    A surname, carried by 1,518 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B612

    Burbage: #18,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burbage #18,286, 1,518 people Burbage: #18,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burbage #18,286, 1,518 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burbage is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,518 people named Burbage in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,342.

    #18,286
    rank among US surnames
    1,518
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.1%
    change since 2000 (was #18,847)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,278Merlin1,519203,256
    #18,286Langlais1,518203,390

    Who is named Burbage

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

    86% of people named Burbage identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burbages

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Burbage
      British actor and theatre owner (1567–1619)
    • James Burbage
      British actor (1531–1597)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burbage

    Burbage has the Soundex code B612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B612.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burbage?
    1,518 people in the United States had the surname Burbage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. It ranked 18,286th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burbage?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Burbage identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burbage?
    Richard Burbage, British actor and theatre owner (1567–1619), followed by James Burbage.
    Where is the surname Burbage most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burbage in the Kingdom of England.
    Is the surname Burbage getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,518 in 2010, up 13%.