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    The surname Burriss

    A surname, carried by 1,742 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B620

    Burriss: #16,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burriss #16,494, 1,742 people Burriss: #16,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burriss #16,494, 1,742 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burriss is more common than 89.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,742 people named Burriss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,236 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,520.

    #16,494
    rank among US surnames
    1,742
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.6%
    change since 2000 (was #17,186)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,494Tschida1,742177,236
    #16,502Kittredge1,741177,338

    Who is named Burriss

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

    79% of people named Burriss identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burriss

    Burriss 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 Burriss?
    1,742 people in the United States had the surname Burriss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,236 Americans. It ranked 16,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burriss?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Burriss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Burriss getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,742 in 2010, up 15%.