How common is the surname Burchfield?

6,612 people in the United States had the surname Burchfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,695 Americans. It ranked 5,274th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Burchfield?

Charles E. Burchfield, American artist (1893-1967).

Where is the surname Burchfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Burchfield in the United States.

Is the surname Burchfield getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,612 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Burchfield

An English place surname, carried by 6,612 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B621

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burchfield is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

Topographic surname, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + feld (“open country”).

Burchfield 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 6,612 people named Burchfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,695 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,628.

#5,274

rank among US surnames

6,612

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,863)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,265	Deese	6,626	46,596
#5,266	Maggard	6,625	46,603
#5,267	Felts	6,621	46,631
#5,268	Rife	6,620	46,638
#5,269	Cowell	6,618	46,652
#5,270	Novotny	6,617	46,659
#5,271	Viola	6,616	46,666

Who is named Burchfield

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

93% of people named Burchfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burchfields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles E. Burchfield
American artist (1893-1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Birchfield

Surnames that sound like Burchfield

Burchfield has the Soundex code B621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B621.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Burchfield come from?: Topographic surname, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + feld (“open country”).
How common is the surname Burchfield?: 6,612 people in the United States had the surname Burchfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,695 Americans. It ranked 5,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burchfield?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Burchfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Burchfield?: Charles E. Burchfield, American artist (1893-1967).
Where is the surname Burchfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Burchfield in the United States.
What type of surname is Burchfield?: Burchfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Burchfield getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,612 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Burchfield?: Birchfield.