How common is the surname Burlingame?

3,897 people in the United States had the surname Burlingame in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,226 Americans. It ranked 8,472nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Burlingame?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Burlingame identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Burlingame?

Anson Burlingame, American politician, minister to China, and China's envoy to U.S. and European nations (18, followed by Charles Burlingame.

Where is the surname Burlingame most common?

Wikidata records people named Burlingame in the United States.

How do you pronounce Burlingame?

Burlingame is /ˈbɜːrlɪŋɡeɪm/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Burlingame getting more or less common?

More common. 3,792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,897 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Burlingame

An English surname, carried by 3,897 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɜːrlɪŋɡeɪm/ 3 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). Burlingame is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

A variant of Burlingham, itself from the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“diminutive marker”) + hām (“homestead”).

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 3,897 people named Burlingame in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,226 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,792.

#8,472

rank among US surnames

3,897

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,061)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,467	Vineyard	3,901	79,145
#8,469	Patti	3,899	79,186
#8,470	Braithwaite	3,898	79,206
#8,472	Burlingame	3,897	79,226
#8,473	Lease	3,896	79,247
#8,475	Rondeau	3,894	79,288

Who is named Burlingame

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

94% of people named Burlingame identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burlingames

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anson Burlingame
American politician, minister to China, and China's envoy to U.S. and European nations (18, 1820–1870
Charles Burlingame
American pilot, 1949–2001

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burlingame

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

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Burlingame come from?: A variant of Burlingham, itself from the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“diminutive marker”) + hām (“homestead”).
How common is the surname Burlingame?: 3,897 people in the United States had the surname Burlingame in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,226 Americans. It ranked 8,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burlingame?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Burlingame identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Burlingame?: Anson Burlingame, American politician, minister to China, and China's envoy to U.S. and European nations (18, followed by Charles Burlingame.
Where is the surname Burlingame most common?: Wikidata records people named Burlingame in the United States.
How do you pronounce Burlingame?: Burlingame is /ˈbɜːrlɪŋɡeɪm/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Burlingame getting more or less common?: More common. 3,792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,897 in 2010, up 2.8%.