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    The surname Burklund

    A surname, carried by 566 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B624

    Burklund: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Burklund #38,948, 566 people Burklund: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Burklund #38,948, 566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burklund is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    Probably a respelling of various Scandinavian surnames, such as Birkelund, Björklund or Bjerklund.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 566 people named Burklund in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 504.

    #38,948
    rank among US surnames
    566
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.3%
    change since 2000 (was #40,833)

    Who is named Burklund

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

    94% of people named Burklund identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burklund

    Burklund has the Soundex code B624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B624.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Burklund come from?
    Probably a respelling of various Scandinavian surnames, such as Birkelund, Björklund or Bjerklund.
    How common is the surname Burklund?
    566 people in the United States had the surname Burklund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. It ranked 38,948th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burklund?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Burklund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Burklund getting more or less common?
    More common. 504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 566 in 2010, up 12%.