How common is the surname Burrows?

17,355 people in the United States had the surname Burrows in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,790 Americans. It ranked 2,085th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Burrows?

Saffron Burrows, British actress, model and writer (born 1972), followed by James Burrows.

Where is the surname Burrows most common?

Wikidata records people named Burrows in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Burrows getting more or less common?

More common. 16,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,355 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Burrows

A place surname, carried by 17,355 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). Burrows is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

An English topographical surname, a variant of Burroughs.

Burrows is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,355 people named Burrows in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,790 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,972.

#2,085

rank among US surnames

17,355

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,946)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,076	Dumas	17,442	17,701
#2,077	Kenny	17,429	17,714
#2,078	Ceja	17,423	17,721
#2,079	O'Keefe	17,414	17,730
#2,080	Shultz	17,395	17,749
#2,081	Cormier	17,377	17,767
#2,082	Bain	17,371	17,774

Who is named Burrows

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

85% of people named Burrows identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burrowss

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Saffron Burrows
British actress, model and writer (born 1972)
James Burrows
American television director (1940–2026)
Darren E. Burrows
American actor, born 1966
Brian Burrows
American sport shooter, born 1988
Abe Burrows
American dramatist and playwright (1910-1985)
Julius C. Burrows
American politician (1837–1915)
Elsie May Burrows
British botanist and university teacher (1913–1986)
Billy Drago
American actor (1946-2019)

Notable Burrowss come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burrows

Burrows 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 Burrows?: 17,355 people in the United States had the surname Burrows in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,790 Americans. It ranked 2,085th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burrows?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Burrows identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Burrows?: Saffron Burrows, British actress, model and writer (born 1972), followed by James Burrows.
Where is the surname Burrows most common?: Wikidata records people named Burrows in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Burrows?: Burrows is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Burrows getting more or less common?: More common. 16,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,355 in 2010, up 2.3%.