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    The surname Burrill

    A French surname, carried by 1,895 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B640

    Burrill: #15,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burrill #15,456, 1,895 people Burrill: #15,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burrill #15,456, 1,895 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burrill is more common than 90.5% 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 1,895 people named Burrill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,926 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,775.

    #15,456
    rank among US surnames
    1,895
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,217)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,449Ivester1,896162,840
    #15,456Cadwallader1,895162,926
    #15,464Belz1,894163,012

    Who is named Burrill

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

    90% of people named Burrill identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burrills

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thomas Jonathan Burrill
      American botanist and plant pathologist (1839-1916)
    • James Burrill Jr.
      American politician (1772-1820)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burrill

    Burrill has the Soundex code B640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B640.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Burrill come from?
    Burrill is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Burrill?
    1,895 people in the United States had the surname Burrill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,926 Americans. It ranked 15,456th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burrill?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Burrill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burrill?
    Thomas Jonathan Burrill, American botanist and plant pathologist (1839-1916), followed by James Burrill Jr..
    Where is the surname Burrill most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burrill in the United States.
    Is the surname Burrill getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,775 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,895 in 2010, up 6.8%.