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    The surname Burse

    A French surname, carried by 2,634 people in the United States.

    1 syllable 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). Burse is more common than 92.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from Old French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,634 people named Burse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,215 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,272.

    #11,886
    rank among US surnames
    2,634
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,507)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,877Gove2,636117,127
    #11,882Erikson2,635117,171
    #11,886Burse2,634117,215
    #11,890Defrancisco2,633117,260
    #11,894Addy2,632117,305

    Who is named Burse

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

    69% of people named Burse identified as Black (not Hispanic), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 69%
    • White (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Burses

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Janell Burse
      American basketball player (born 1979)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burse

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Burse come from?
    Burse is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Burse?
    2,634 people in the United States had the surname Burse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,215 Americans. It ranked 11,886th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burse?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Burse identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burse?
    Janell Burse, American basketball player (born 1979).
    Where is the surname Burse most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burse in the United States.
    Is the surname Burse getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,634 in 2010, up 16%.