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    The surname Burleson

    A surname, carried by 13,176 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B642

    Burleson: #2,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Burleson #2,734, 13,176 people Burleson: #2,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burleson #2,734, 13,176 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burleson is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,176 people named Burleson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,432 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,637.

    #2,734
    rank among US surnames
    13,176
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,627)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,725Vitale13,22023,354
    #2,726Loera13,21823,358
    #2,727Parson13,20923,374
    #2,728Marlow13,20523,381
    #2,729Jeter13,19823,393
    #2,730Tong13,19623,397
    #2,731Lyle13,19223,404

    Who is named Burleson

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

    87% of people named Burleson identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burlesons

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tommy Burleson
      American basketball player (born 1952)
    • Kevin Burleson
      American basketball player and coach, born 1979
    • Edward Burleson
      American politician (1798-1851)
    • Albert Sidney Burleson
      American politician (1863-1937)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burleson

    Burleson has the Soundex code B642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B642.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burleson?
    13,176 people in the United States had the surname Burleson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,432 Americans. It ranked 2,734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burleson?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Burleson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burleson?
    Tommy Burleson, American basketball player (born 1952), followed by Kevin Burleson.
    Where is the surname Burleson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burleson in the United States.
    Is the surname Burleson getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,637 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,176 in 2010, up 4.3%.