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    The surname Burkley

    A surname, carried by 1,393 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B624

    Burkley: #19,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burkley #19,398, 1,393 people Burkley: #19,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burkley #19,398, 1,393 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burkley is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,393 people named Burkley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,282.

    #19,398
    rank among US surnames
    1,393
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,491)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,390Rifkin1,394221,482
    #19,398Zaborowski1,393221,641

    Who is named Burkley

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

    61% of people named Burkley identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burkleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dennis Burkley
      American actor (1945–2013)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burkley

    Burkley 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 Burkley?
    1,393 people in the United States had the surname Burkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. It ranked 19,398th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burkley?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Burkley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burkley?
    Dennis Burkley, American actor (1945–2013).
    Where is the surname Burkley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burkley in the United States.
    Is the surname Burkley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,393 in 2010, up 8.7%.