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    The surname Burkholder

    A surname, carried by 11,532 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B624

    Burkholder: #3,128 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Burkholder #3,128, 11,532 people Burkholder: #3,128 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burkholder #3,128, 11,532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burkholder is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,532 people named Burkholder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,773 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,182.

    #3,128
    rank among US surnames
    11,532
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,216)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,119Edge11,55626,717
    #3,120Cota11,55426,722
    #3,121Perrin11,55026,731
    #3,122McAdams11,54726,738
    #3,124Keeler11,54626,740
    #3,126Menard11,54326,747
    #3,127Ricci11,53426,768

    Who is named Burkholder

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

    98% of people named Burkholder identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burkholders

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Max Burkholder
      American actor, born 1997

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burkholder

    Burkholder 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 Burkholder?
    11,532 people in the United States had the surname Burkholder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,773 Americans. It ranked 3,128th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burkholder?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Burkholder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Burkholder?
    Max Burkholder, American actor.
    Where is the surname Burkholder most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burkholder in the United States.
    Is the surname Burkholder getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,532 in 2010, up 13%.