How common is the surname Burkey?

4,354 people in the United States had the surname Burkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,911 Americans. It ranked 7,624th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Burkey?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Burkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Burkey getting more or less common?

More common. 4,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,354 in 2010, up 8.6%.

The surname Burkey

A surname, carried by 4,354 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burkey is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,354 people named Burkey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,911 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,010.

#7,624

rank among US surnames

4,354

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,650)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,616	Malin	4,365	70,732
#7,617	Colston	4,363	70,765
#7,618	Snapp	4,360	70,813
#7,619	Alas	4,358	70,846
#7,620	Bottoms	4,357	70,862
#7,621	Jager	4,356	70,878
#7,623	Melville	4,355	70,894

Who is named Burkey

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

93% of people named Burkey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burkey

Burkey has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

How common is the surname Burkey?: 4,354 people in the United States had the surname Burkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,911 Americans. It ranked 7,624th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burkey?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Burkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Burkey getting more or less common?: More common. 4,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,354 in 2010, up 8.6%.