How common is the surname Burchett?

8,318 people in the United States had the surname Burchett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,118 Americans. It ranked 4,270th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Burchett?

Tim Burchett, American politician (born 1964), followed by Wilfred Burchett.

Where is the surname Burchett most common?

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

Is the surname Burchett getting more or less common?

More common. 7,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,318 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Burchett

An English place surname, carried by 8,318 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burchett is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Burchett is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,318 people named Burchett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,118 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,979.

#4,270

rank among US surnames

8,318

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,113)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,266	Hutcheson	8,321	37,104
#4,267	Faison	8,320	37,109
#4,269	Melchor	8,319	37,113
#4,270	Burchett	8,318	37,118

Who is named Burchett

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

89% of people named Burchett identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burchetts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Burchetts come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Birchard

Surnames that sound like Burchett

Burchett has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Burchett come from?: English topographic surname for someone who lived by a birch grove, from Old English birċet (“birch grove”).
How common is the surname Burchett?: 8,318 people in the United States had the surname Burchett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,118 Americans. It ranked 4,270th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burchett?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Burchett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Burchett?: Tim Burchett, American politician (born 1964), followed by Wilfred Burchett.
Where is the surname Burchett most common?: Wikidata records people named Burchett in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Burchett?: Burchett is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Burchett getting more or less common?: More common. 7,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,318 in 2010, up 4.2%.
What are other spellings of Burchett?: Birchard.