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    The surname Burd

    A surname, carried by 6,202 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B630

    Burd: #5,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burd #5,607, 6,202 people Burd: #5,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burd #5,607, 6,202 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burd is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,202 people named Burd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,782 Americans. That is down 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,461.

    #5,607
    rank among US surnames
    6,202
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,986)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,598Harbison6,21549,677
    #5,600McSwain6,21349,693
    #5,601Chinn6,21149,709
    #5,602Yip6,20849,733
    #5,603Saravia6,20749,742
    #5,604Gabbard6,20549,758
    #5,605Watanabe6,20449,766

    Who is named Burd

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

    87% of people named Burd identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burds

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lil Dicky
      American rapper and comedian (born 1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burd

    Burd has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burd?
    6,202 people in the United States had the surname Burd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,782 Americans. It ranked 5,607th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burd?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Burd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burd?
    Lil Dicky, American rapper and comedian (born 1988).
    Where is the surname Burd most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burd in the United States.
    Is the surname Burd getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,202 in 2010, down 4.0%.