How Many People Have the Last Name Burgess?
people had the surname Burgess in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 3,990 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+2,327 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Burgess (75.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 18.7%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Burgess ranks #322. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 77.8% to 75.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Burgess grew from 71,604 people in 2000 to 73,931 in 2010 (up 3.2%), and its rank fell from #407 to #444. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 26.54 to 25.06 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 71,604 | 73,931 |
| Rank | #407 | #444 |
| Per 100,000 people | 26.54 | 25.06 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Burgess
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Burgess: B622
👤 Burgess as a First Name
Burgess is a first name too: about 396 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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