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    The surname Burrus

    A surname, carried by 4,094 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Burrus: #8,101 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burrus #8,101, 4,094 people Burrus: #8,101 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burrus #8,101, 4,094 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burrus is more common than 95% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,094 people named Burrus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,414 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,921.

    #8,101
    rank among US surnames
    4,094
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #7,826)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,093Meissner4,09775,359
    #8,097Burnell4,09575,396
    #8,101Burrus4,09475,414
    #8,102Kania4,09275,451
    #8,103June4,09175,469
    #8,106Llanos4,08975,506
    #8,110Dunson4,08875,525

    Who is named Burrus

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

    61% of people named Burrus identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burrus

    Burrus 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 Burrus?
    4,094 people in the United States had the surname Burrus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,414 Americans. It ranked 8,101st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burrus?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Burrus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Burrus getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,094 in 2010, up 4.4%.