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    The surname Burhans

    A surname, carried by 1,080 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B652

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burhans is more common than 85.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,080 people named Burhans in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,875 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 969.

    #23,515
    rank among US surnames
    1,080
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,243)

    Who is named Burhans

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

    95% of people named Burhans identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Burhans

    Burhans has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burhans?
    1,080 people in the United States had the surname Burhans in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,875 Americans. It ranked 23,515th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burhans?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Burhans identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Burhans getting more or less common?
    More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,080 in 2010, up 12%.