How common is the surname Burlingham?

705 people in the United States had the surname Burlingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 437,937 Americans. It ranked 32,599th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Burlingham?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Burlingham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Burlingham?

Gertrude Simmons Burlingham, American mycologist and entomologist (1872-1952), followed by Dorothy Burlingham.

Where is the surname Burlingham most common?

Wikidata records people named Burlingham in the United States.

Is the surname Burlingham getting more or less common?

More common. 676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 705 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Burlingham

An English place surname, carried by 705 people in the United States.

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). Burlingham is more common than 79.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Burlingham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 705 people named Burlingham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 437,937 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 676.

#32,599

rank among US surnames

705

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #32,161)

Who is named Burlingham

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

95% of people named Burlingham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burlinghams

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gertrude Simmons Burlingham
American mycologist and entomologist (1872-1952)
Dorothy Burlingham
American psychoanalyst (1891-1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burlingham

Burlingham 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 Burlingham come from?: From the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).
How common is the surname Burlingham?: 705 people in the United States had the surname Burlingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 437,937 Americans. It ranked 32,599th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burlingham?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Burlingham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Burlingham?: Gertrude Simmons Burlingham, American mycologist and entomologist (1872-1952), followed by Dorothy Burlingham.
Where is the surname Burlingham most common?: Wikidata records people named Burlingham in the United States.
What type of surname is Burlingham?: Burlingham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Burlingham getting more or less common?: More common. 676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 705 in 2010, up 4.3%.