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    The surname Burgan

    A surname, carried by 2,391 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Burgan: #12,872 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burgan #12,872, 2,391 people Burgan: #12,872 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burgan #12,872, 2,391 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burgan is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,391 people named Burgan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,128 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,359.

    #12,872
    rank among US surnames
    2,391
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,127)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,865Wunder2,393129,020
    #12,869Buckwalter2,392129,074
    #12,872Luebke2,391129,128
    #12,878Silber2,390129,182
    #12,881Dearth2,389129,236

    Who is named Burgan

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

    85% of people named Burgan identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burgan

    Burgan has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burgan?
    2,391 people in the United States had the surname Burgan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,128 Americans. It ranked 12,872nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burgan?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Burgan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Burgan getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,391 in 2010, up 1.4%.