# Burchett (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burchett/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,318 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,270 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,118 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (7,979 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Birchard |

## Etymology

English topographic surname for someone who lived by a birch grove, from Old English birċet (“birch grove”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burchett in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Burchett in the United States and Australia.

## People named Burchett

- Tim Burchett, American politician (born 1964)
- Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist (1911-1983)

## Similar surnames

Brecht, Burchette, Bracht, Burkett, Brackett, Burgett, Brockett, Burkhead, Burket, Bright, Brewster, Braxton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.