How common is the surname Burling?

1,501 people in the United States had the surname Burling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,693 Americans. It ranked 18,440th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Burling?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Burling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Burling?

Bobby Burling, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Burling most common?

Wikidata records people named Burling in the United States.

Is the surname Burling getting more or less common?

More common. 1,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,501 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Burling

An English surname, carried by 1,501 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B645

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burling is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“diminutive marker”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,501 people named Burling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,693 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,262.

#18,440

rank among US surnames

1,501

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+18.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,752)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,431	Goggans	1,502	205,556
#18,440	Montz	1,501	205,693
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830

Who is named Burling

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

92% of people named Burling identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burlings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bobby Burling
American soccer player, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burling

Burling has the Soundex code B645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B645.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Burling come from?: From the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“diminutive marker”).
How common is the surname Burling?: 1,501 people in the United States had the surname Burling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,693 Americans. It ranked 18,440th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burling?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Burling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Burling?: Bobby Burling, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Burling most common?: Wikidata records people named Burling in the United States.
Is the surname Burling getting more or less common?: More common. 1,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,501 in 2010, up 19%.