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    The surname Burgeson

    A surname, carried by 584 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B622

    Burgeson: #37,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Burgeson #37,993, 584 people Burgeson: #37,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Burgeson #37,993, 584 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burgeson is more common than 76.6% of them.

    Origin

    From Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian surname, Americanized from Bergeson, Borgeson, Bergesen or Byrgesen.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 584 people named Burgeson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. That is down 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 970.

    #37,993
    rank among US surnames
    584
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -39.8%
    change since 2000 (was #24,224)

    Who is named Burgeson

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

    96% of people named Burgeson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Burgeson

    Burgeson has the Soundex code B622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B622.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Burgeson come from?
    From Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian surname, Americanized from Bergeson, Borgeson, Bergesen or Byrgesen.
    How common is the surname Burgeson?
    584 people in the United States had the surname Burgeson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. It ranked 37,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burgeson?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Burgeson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Burgeson getting more or less common?
    Less common. 970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 584 in 2010, down 40%.