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    The surname Buresh

    A surname, carried by 1,364 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Buresh: #19,747 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buresh #19,747, 1,364 people Buresh: #19,747 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buresh #19,747, 1,364 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buresh is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,364 people named Buresh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,353 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,318.

    #19,747
    rank among US surnames
    1,364
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,090)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,747Bohne1,364226,353
    #19,755Wertman1,363226,519

    Who is named Buresh

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

    98% of people named Buresh identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buresh

    Buresh has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Buresh?
    1,364 people in the United States had the surname Buresh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,353 Americans. It ranked 19,747th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buresh?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Buresh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Buresh getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,364 in 2010, up 3.5%.