How common is the surname Buskirk?

2,807 people in the United States had the surname Buskirk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. It ranked 11,264th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buskirk?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buskirk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Buskirk getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,807 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Buskirk

A surname, carried by 2,807 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buskirk is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,807 people named Buskirk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,868.

#11,264

rank among US surnames

2,807

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,294)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991
#11,269	Eckard	2,806	110,030
#11,272	Yeo	2,805	110,070
#11,273	Gallman	2,804	110,109

Who is named Buskirk

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

95% of people named Buskirk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Buskirk?: 2,807 people in the United States had the surname Buskirk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. It ranked 11,264th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buskirk?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buskirk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Buskirk getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,807 in 2010, down 2.1%.