The surname Burkhalter
A surname, carried by 5,282 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B624
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,282 people named Burkhalter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,452 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,966.
#6,431
rank among US surnames
5,282
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+6.4%
change since 2000 (was #6,320)
Who is named Burkhalter
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Burkhalter identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 79%
- Black (not Hispanic) 15%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Burkhalter
Burkhalter has the Soundex code B624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B624.
Questions
- How common is the surname Burkhalter?
- 5,282 people in the United States had the surname Burkhalter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,452 Americans. It ranked 6,431st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Burkhalter?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Burkhalter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Burkhalter getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,966 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,282 in 2010, up 6.4%.