How Many People Have the Last Name Burns?
people had the surname Burns in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,778 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
+3,772 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Burns (80.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 14.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Burns ranks #107. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Burns grew from 162,153 people in 2000 to 165,925 in 2010 (up 2.3%), and its rank fell from #141 to #155. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 60.11 to 56.25 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 162,153 | 165,925 |
| Rank | #141 | #155 |
| Per 100,000 people | 60.11 | 56.25 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Burns
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Burns: B652
👤 Burns as a First Name
Burns is a first name too: about 126 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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