How common is the surname Burcham?

5,512 people in the United States had the surname Burcham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,013 Americans. It ranked 6,205th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Burcham getting more or less common?

More common. 5,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,512 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Burcham

A surname, carried by 5,512 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burcham is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,512 people named Burcham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,013 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,362.

#6,205

rank among US surnames

5,512

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,909)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,200	Verdin	5,515	55,983
#6,201	Abram	5,514	55,993
#6,204	Sanmiguel	5,513	56,003
#6,205	Burcham	5,512	56,013

Who is named Burcham

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

95% of people named Burcham identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burcham

Burcham has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

Questions

How common is the surname Burcham?: 5,512 people in the United States had the surname Burcham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,013 Americans. It ranked 6,205th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burcham?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Burcham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Burcham getting more or less common?: More common. 5,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,512 in 2010, up 2.8%.