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    The surname Burrowes

    A surname, carried by 1,025 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burrowes is more common than 84.9% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Burroughs.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,025 people named Burrowes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,215 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 877.

    #24,431
    rank among US surnames
    1,025
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.9%
    change since 2000 (was #26,215)

    Who is named Burrowes

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

    57% of people named Burrowes identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burrowes

    Burrowes 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 Burrowes come from?
    Variant of Burroughs.
    How common is the surname Burrowes?
    1,025 people in the United States had the surname Burrowes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,215 Americans. It ranked 24,431st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burrowes?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Burrowes identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Burrowes getting more or less common?
    More common. 877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,025 in 2010, up 17%.