How common is the surname Burge?

10,364 people in the United States had the surname Burge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,790 Americans. It ranked 3,447th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Burge?

Madison Burge, American actress, followed by Tyler Burge.

Where is the surname Burge most common?

Wikidata records people named Burge in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Burge getting more or less common?

More common. 10,043 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,364 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Burge

A surname, carried by 10,364 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). Burge is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A variant of Bridge reflecting metathetic forms of bridge that occur in some traditional dialects of southern and western England (compare Yola burge).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,364 people named Burge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,790 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,043.

#3,447

rank among US surnames

10,364

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,269)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,439	Hubert	10,380	29,744
#3,440	Grantham	10,379	29,747
#3,441	Fugate	10,375	29,759
#3,442	Noll	10,374	29,761
#3,443	Lafferty	10,373	29,764
#3,444	McMillen	10,371	29,770
#3,445	Healey	10,370	29,773

Who is named Burge

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

86% of people named Burge identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burges

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Madison Burge
American actress, born 1990
Tyler Burge
American philosopher, born 1946
Constance M. Burge
American screenwriter, born 1957
Peter Burge
Australian cricketer (1932-2001)
Dianne Burge
Australian sprinter, 1943–2024
Peter Burge
Australian long jumper, born 1974
Stuart Burge
British actor and director (1918-2002)
Mckenna Grace
American actress and singer (born 2006)

Notable Burges come mostly from the United States (4), Australia (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burge

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

Questions

Where does the surname Burge come from?: A variant of Bridge reflecting metathetic forms of bridge that occur in some traditional dialects of southern and western England (compare Yola burge).
How common is the surname Burge?: 10,364 people in the United States had the surname Burge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,790 Americans. It ranked 3,447th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burge?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Burge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Burge?: Madison Burge, American actress, followed by Tyler Burge.
Where is the surname Burge most common?: Wikidata records people named Burge in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Burge getting more or less common?: More common. 10,043 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,364 in 2010, up 3.2%.