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    The surname Burnette

    A French surname, carried by 16,717 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B653

    Burnette: #2,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Burnette #2,172, 16,717 people Burnette: #2,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burnette #2,172, 16,717 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burnette is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from Old French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,717 people named Burnette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,469 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,409.

    #2,172
    rank among US surnames
    16,717
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,026)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,163Crandall16,78118,399
    #2,164Light16,76918,412
    #2,166Almeida16,76018,422
    #2,167Hawthorne16,75818,424
    #2,168Pendleton16,75118,431
    #2,169Naylor16,74518,438
    #2,170Gerber16,73218,452

    Who is named Burnette

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

    74% of people named Burnette identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.8%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burnettes

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Johnny Burnette
      American musician (1934–1964)
    • Olivia Burnette
      American actress, born 1977
    • Billy Burnette
      American musician, born 1953
    • Kurt Burnette
      American Byzantine Catholic bishop, born 1955
    • Dorsey Burnette
      American rockabilly musician (1932–1979)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burnette

    Burnette has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Burnette come from?
    Burnette is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Burnette?
    16,717 people in the United States had the surname Burnette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,469 Americans. It ranked 2,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burnette?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Burnette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burnette?
    Johnny Burnette, American musician (1934–1964), followed by Olivia Burnette.
    Where is the surname Burnette most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burnette in the United States.
    Is the surname Burnette getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,717 in 2010, up 1.9%.