# Burris (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burris/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 26,760 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,312 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,538 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (25,998 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burris in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Burris in the United States.

## People named Burris

- Roland Burris, American politician and attorney

## Similar surnames

Barrios, Burroughs, Burrows, Berrios, Burress, Burrus, Boris, Burse, Burruss, Buras, Burriss, Barris.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.