How common is the surname Burrow?

7,539 people in the United States had the surname Burrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,953 Americans. It ranked 4,707th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Burrow?

Joe Burrow, American football player (born 1996), followed by Sharan Burrow.

Where is the surname Burrow most common?

Wikidata records people named Burrow in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Burrow getting more or less common?

More common. 7,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,539 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Burrow

A surname, carried by 7,539 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burrow is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

English surname, from the noun borough. Also from the noun burrow and the two senses were often conflated. Compare Burrough, Burgh.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,539 people named Burrow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,953 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,321.

#4,707

rank among US surnames

7,539

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #4,460)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,702	Yamamoto	7,547	40,910
#4,705	Schramm	7,543	40,931
#4,706	Nutt	7,541	40,942
#4,707	Burrow	7,539	40,953
#4,708	Holloman	7,536	40,969

Who is named Burrow

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

84% of people named Burrow identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burrows

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Burrow
American football player (born 1996)
Sharan Burrow
Australian trade unionist, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederatio, born 1954
Bob Burrow
American basketball player (1934–2019)

Notable Burrows come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burrow

Burrow has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

Questions

Where does the surname Burrow come from?: English surname, from the noun borough. Also from the noun burrow and the two senses were often conflated. Compare Burrough, Burgh.
How common is the surname Burrow?: 7,539 people in the United States had the surname Burrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,953 Americans. It ranked 4,707th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burrow?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Burrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Burrow?: Joe Burrow, American football player (born 1996), followed by Sharan Burrow.
Where is the surname Burrow most common?: Wikidata records people named Burrow in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Burrow getting more or less common?: More common. 7,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,539 in 2010, up 3.0%.