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    The surname Burkeen

    A surname, carried by 1,090 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Burkeen: #23,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burkeen #23,354, 1,090 people Burkeen: #23,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burkeen #23,354, 1,090 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burkeen is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,090 people named Burkeen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,009.

    #23,354
    rank among US surnames
    1,090
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,480)

    Who is named Burkeen

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

    88% of people named Burkeen identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    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 Burkeen

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burkeen?
    1,090 people in the United States had the surname Burkeen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burkeen?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Burkeen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Burkeen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 8.0%.