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    The surname Burlison

    A surname, carried by 1,929 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B642

    Burlison: #15,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burlison #15,246, 1,929 people Burlison: #15,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burlison #15,246, 1,929 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burlison is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,929 people named Burlison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,055 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,955.

    #15,246
    rank among US surnames
    1,929
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,122)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,238Nayak1,930159,972
    #15,246Soden1,929160,055
    #15,250Moorefield1,928160,138
    #15,255Bohman1,927160,221

    Who is named Burlison

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

    92% of people named Burlison identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burlisons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Eric Burlison
      American politician, born 1976
    • Bill Burlison
      American politician (1931-2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burlison

    Burlison 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 Burlison?
    1,929 people in the United States had the surname Burlison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,055 Americans. It ranked 15,246th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burlison?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Burlison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burlison?
    Eric Burlison, American politician, followed by Bill Burlison.
    Where is the surname Burlison most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burlison in the United States.
    Is the surname Burlison getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,929 in 2010, down 1.3%.