How common is the surname Bürg?

4,919 people in the United States had the surname Bürg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,766 Americans. It ranked 6,846th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bürg?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bürg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bürg?

Johann Tobias Bürg, Austrian astronomer.

Where is the surname Bürg most common?

Wikidata records people named Bürg in the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Bürg getting more or less common?

More common. 4,759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,919 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Bürg

A surname, carried by 4,919 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bürg is more common than 95.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,919 people named Bürg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,766 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,759.

#6,846

rank among US surnames

4,919

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,567)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,837	Hallock	4,930	62,626
#6,838	Fast	4,929	62,639
#6,839	Takahashi	4,928	62,651
#6,840	Hovey	4,927	62,664
#6,842	Engelhardt	4,924	62,702
#6,843	Torgerson	4,923	62,715
#6,845	Bannon	4,921	62,740

Who is named Bürg

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

95% of people named Bürg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bürgs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johann Tobias Bürg
Austrian astronomer, 1766–1834

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bürg

Bürg 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 Bürg?: 4,919 people in the United States had the surname Bürg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,766 Americans. It ranked 6,846th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bürg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bürg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bürg?: Johann Tobias Bürg, Austrian astronomer.
Where is the surname Bürg most common?: Wikidata records people named Bürg in the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Bürg getting more or less common?: More common. 4,759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,919 in 2010, up 3.4%.