How common is the surname Burbank?

5,240 people in the United States had the surname Burbank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,921 Americans. It ranked 6,480th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Burbank?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Burbank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Burbank?

Luther Burbank, American botanist and horticulturist (1849–1926), followed by Elbridge Ayer Burbank.

Where is the surname Burbank most common?

Wikidata records people named Burbank in the United States.

Is the surname Burbank getting more or less common?

More common. 4,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,240 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Burbank

A surname, carried by 5,240 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burbank is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

"The bur-covered riverbank", from bur + bank.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,240 people named Burbank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,921 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,739.

#6,480

rank among US surnames

5,240

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,596)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,474	Grow	5,246	58,854
#6,476	Uhl	5,244	58,876
#6,479	Flory	5,243	58,887
#6,480	Esteban	5,240	58,921
#6,482	Baier	5,238	58,943
#6,483	Child	5,237	58,955
#6,484	Broom	5,236	58,966

Who is named Burbank

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

78% of people named Burbank identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 7.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burbanks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luther Burbank
American botanist and horticulturist (1849–1926)
Elbridge Ayer Burbank
American artist (1858–1949)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burbank

Bourbon

Burbank has the Soundex code B615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B615.

Questions

Where does the surname Burbank come from?: "The bur-covered riverbank", from bur + bank.
How common is the surname Burbank?: 5,240 people in the United States had the surname Burbank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,921 Americans. It ranked 6,480th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burbank?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Burbank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Burbank?: Luther Burbank, American botanist and horticulturist (1849–1926), followed by Elbridge Ayer Burbank.
Where is the surname Burbank most common?: Wikidata records people named Burbank in the United States.
Is the surname Burbank getting more or less common?: More common. 4,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,240 in 2010, up 11%.