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    The surname Burwell

    A surname, carried by 6,193 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B640

    Burwell: #5,613 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burwell #5,613, 6,193 people Burwell: #5,613 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burwell #5,613, 6,193 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burwell is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,193 people named Burwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,854 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,966.

    #5,613
    rank among US surnames
    6,193
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,372)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,604Gabbard6,20549,758
    #5,605Watanabe6,20449,766
    #5,606Bae6,20349,774
    #5,607Burd6,20249,782
    #5,608Varga6,20149,790
    #5,609Alegria6,20049,798
    #5,610Homer6,19849,814

    Who is named Burwell

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

    59% of people named Burwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burwells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carter Burwell
      American film composer (born 1954)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burwell

    Burwell has the Soundex code B640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burwell?
    6,193 people in the United States had the surname Burwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,854 Americans. It ranked 5,613th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Burwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burwell?
    Carter Burwell, American film composer (born 1954).
    Where is the surname Burwell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burwell in the United States.
    Is the surname Burwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,966 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,193 in 2010, up 3.8%.