How common is the surname Burkhead?

2,492 people in the United States had the surname Burkhead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,895 Americans. It ranked 12,454th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Burkhead getting more or less common?

More common. 2,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,492 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Burkhead

A surname, carried by 2,492 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burkhead is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A variant of Birkett or an Americanized form of German Burkhart.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,492 people named Burkhead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,895 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,456.

#12,454

rank among US surnames

2,492

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,701)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,447	Coady	2,494	123,795
#12,452	Karlin	2,493	123,845
#12,454	Evert	2,492	123,895
#12,460	Hallowell	2,491	123,944

Who is named Burkhead

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

92% of people named Burkhead identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burkhead

Burkhead has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Questions

Where does the surname Burkhead come from?: A variant of Birkett or an Americanized form of German Burkhart.
How common is the surname Burkhead?: 2,492 people in the United States had the surname Burkhead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,895 Americans. It ranked 12,454th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burkhead?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Burkhead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Burkhead getting more or less common?: More common. 2,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,492 in 2010, up 1.5%.