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    The surname Burgess

    A Norman place surname, carried by 73,931 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex B622

    Burgess: #444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Burgess #444, 73,931 people Burgess: #444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Burgess #444, 73,931 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burgess is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    By proprialization from burgess, which is from Anglo-Norman burgeis (“town-dweller”); more at burgess.

    Burgess is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 73,931 people named Burgess in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,176 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 71,604.

    #444
    rank among US surnames
    73,931
    people in 2010
    25
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #407)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #435Gill74,9484,119
    #436Curry74,9194,121
    #437McLaughlin74,8164,127
    #438Harmon74,7374,131
    #439McGee74,5424,142
    #440Gross74,5034,144
    #441Doyle74,4584,147

    Who is named Burgess

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

    75% of people named Burgess identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burgesss

    25 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Cameron Burgess
      Australian-Scottish association football player (born 1995)
    • Guy Burgess
      British-born radio producer, intelligence and Foreign Office officer and double agent, 1911–1963
    • Colin Burgess
      Australian musician, 1946–2023
    • Ernest Burgess
      American sociologist (1886–1966)
    • Tituss Burgess
      American actor and singer, born 1979
    • Michael C. Burgess
      American politician, born 1950
    • Melvin Burgess
      British children's writer, born 1954
    • Don Burgess
      American cinematographer, born 1956
    • John Burgess
      American political scientist (1844–1931)
    • Paul Burgess
      Australian pole vaulter, born 1979
    • Simon Burgess
      Australian rower, born 1967
    • Jeremy Burgess
      Australian motorcycle racing engineer, born 1953

    Notable Burgesss come mostly from the United States (12), Australia (6) and the United Kingdom (4).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burgess

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

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Burgess come from?
    By proprialization from burgess, which is from Anglo-Norman burgeis (“town-dweller”); more at burgess.
    How common is the surname Burgess?
    73,931 people in the United States had the surname Burgess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,176 Americans. It ranked 444th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burgess?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Burgess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burgess?
    Cameron Burgess, Australian-Scottish association football player (born 1995), followed by Guy Burgess.
    Where is the surname Burgess most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burgess in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.
    How do you pronounce Burgess?
    Burgess is /ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Burgess?
    Burgess is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Burgess getting more or less common?
    More common. 71,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 73,931 in 2010, up 3.2%.