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    The surname Burgoyne

    A French surname, carried by 2,157 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Burgoyne: #13,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burgoyne #13,976, 2,157 people Burgoyne: #13,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burgoyne #13,976, 2,157 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burgoyne is more common than 91.4% 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 2,157 people named Burgoyne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,137 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,005.

    #13,976
    rank among US surnames
    2,157
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.6%
    change since 2000 (was #13,830)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,967Veazey2,159143,004
    #13,974Barkman2,158143,070
    #13,976Sarkar2,157143,137
    #13,981Arauz2,156143,203
    #13,985Chatterjee2,155143,269

    Who is named Burgoyne

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

    95% of people named Burgoyne identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burgoyne

    Burgoyne 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 Burgoyne come from?
    Burgoyne is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Burgoyne?
    2,157 people in the United States had the surname Burgoyne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,137 Americans. It ranked 13,976th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burgoyne?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Burgoyne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Burgoyne getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,157 in 2010, up 7.6%.