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    The surname Burress

    A surname, carried by 4,652 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Burress: #7,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burress #7,184, 4,652 people Burress: #7,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burress #7,184, 4,652 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burress is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,652 people named Burress in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,368 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,478.

    #7,184
    rank among US surnames
    4,652
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #6,910)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,181Hazelton4,65666,311
    #7,182Boutwell4,65466,340
    #7,183Lower4,65366,354
    #7,184Hulett4,65266,368

    Who is named Burress

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

    79% of people named Burress identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burresss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hedy Burress
      American actress, born 1973
    • William Burress
      American actor (1867-1948)
    • Plaxico Burress
      American football player, born 1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burress

    Burress has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burress?
    4,652 people in the United States had the surname Burress in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,368 Americans. It ranked 7,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burress?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Burress identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burress?
    Hedy Burress, American actress, followed by William Burress.
    Where is the surname Burress most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burress in the United States.
    Is the surname Burress getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,652 in 2010, up 3.9%.