How common is the surname Burgin?

5,453 people in the United States had the surname Burgin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,619 Americans. It ranked 6,265th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Burgin getting more or less common?

More common. 5,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,453 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Burgin

A French surname, carried by 5,453 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burgin is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from Old French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,453 people named Burgin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,619 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,302.

#6,265

rank among US surnames

5,453

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,978)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,258	Kite	5,457	56,578
#6,260	Cronk	5,456	56,588
#6,263	Amerson	5,455	56,599
#6,265	Bey	5,453	56,619
#6,267	Knecht	5,452	56,630

Who is named Burgin

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

81% of people named Burgin identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
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 Burgin

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Burgin come from?: Burgin is French in origin.
How common is the surname Burgin?: 5,453 people in the United States had the surname Burgin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,619 Americans. It ranked 6,265th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burgin?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Burgin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Burgin getting more or less common?: More common. 5,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,453 in 2010, up 2.8%.