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The surname Burtis

A surname, carried by 1,114 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B632

Burtis: #22,963 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burtis #22,963, 1,114 people Burtis: #22,963 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burtis #22,963, 1,114 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burtis is more common than 85.8% of them.

Origin

Unexplained.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,114 people named Burtis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,150 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,150.

#22,963
rank among US surnames
1,114
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-3.1%
change since 2000 (was #21,254)

Who is named Burtis

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

91% of people named Burtis identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burtis

Burtis has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Questions

Where does the surname Burtis come from?
Unexplained.
How common is the surname Burtis?
1,114 people in the United States had the surname Burtis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,150 Americans. It ranked 22,963rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burtis?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Burtis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Burtis getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,114 in 2010, down 3.1%.