How common is the surname Burbidge?

664 people in the United States had the surname Burbidge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. It ranked 34,185th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Burbidge?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Burbidge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Burbidge?

Margaret Burbidge, British-born American astronomer (1919–2020), followed by Geoffrey Burbidge.

Where is the surname Burbidge most common?

Wikidata records people named Burbidge in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States and 1 other country.

Is the surname Burbidge getting more or less common?

More common. 580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 664 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Burbidge

A surname, carried by 664 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B613

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burbidge is more common than 78.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of Burbage.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 664 people named Burbidge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 580.

#34,185

rank among US surnames

664

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+14.5%

change since 2000 (was #36,421)

Who is named Burbidge

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

92% of people named Burbidge identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burbidges

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margaret Burbidge
British-born American astronomer (1919–2020)
Geoffrey Burbidge
British astronomer (1925–2010)
Nancy Tyson Burbidge
Australian botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator (1912–1977)
Michael Francis Burbidge
American Roman Catholic bishop, born 1957
Frederick William Burbidge
19th century English explorer and botanist (1847-1905)

Notable Burbidges come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burbidge

Burbage

Burbidge has the Soundex code B613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B613.

Questions

Where does the surname Burbidge come from?: Variant of Burbage.
How common is the surname Burbidge?: 664 people in the United States had the surname Burbidge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. It ranked 34,185th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burbidge?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Burbidge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Burbidge?: Margaret Burbidge, British-born American astronomer (1919–2020), followed by Geoffrey Burbidge.
Where is the surname Burbidge most common?: Wikidata records people named Burbidge in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States and 1 other country.
Is the surname Burbidge getting more or less common?: More common. 580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 664 in 2010, up 15%.