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    The surname Bursey

    A Norman surname, carried by 1,188 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Bursey: #21,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bursey #21,868, 1,188 people Bursey: #21,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bursey #21,868, 1,188 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bursey is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    A surname from Anglo-Norman.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,188 people named Bursey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,887 Americans. That is down 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,254.

    #21,868
    rank among US surnames
    1,188
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,840)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,862Pluta1,189259,668
    #21,868Casavant1,188259,887

    Who is named Bursey

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

    53% of people named Bursey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 53%
    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    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 Bursey

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

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bursey come from?
    Bursey is Norman in origin.
    How common is the surname Bursey?
    1,188 people in the United States had the surname Bursey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,887 Americans. It ranked 21,868th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bursey?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Bursey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bursey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,188 in 2010, down 5.3%.