How common is the surname Burrough?

1,192 people in the United States had the surname Burrough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Burrough?

Junior Burrough, American basketball player (born 1973).

Where is the surname Burrough most common?

Wikidata records people named Burrough in the United States.

Is the surname Burrough getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,196 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Burrough

A surname, carried by 1,192 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burrough is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

English surname, variant of Burrow.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,192 people named Burrough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,196.

#21,811

rank among US surnames

1,192

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,589)

Who is named Burrough

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

70% of people named Burrough identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burroughs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Junior Burrough
American basketball player (born 1973)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burrough

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

Questions

Where does the surname Burrough come from?: English surname, variant of Burrow.
How common is the surname Burrough?: 1,192 people in the United States had the surname Burrough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burrough?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Burrough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Burrough?: Junior Burrough, American basketball player (born 1973).
Where is the surname Burrough most common?: Wikidata records people named Burrough in the United States.
Is the surname Burrough getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,196 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, down 0.3%.