How common is the last name Burgess?

70,718 people in the United States have the last name Burgess, about 1 in 4,227. It ranks #456 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BURGESS

#456

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
70,718
About
1 in 4,227
This common or more
31%
Who bears it

Of the 70,718 people with the last name Burgess, 72.6% reported their origin as White, 18% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Burgess

#454 Reese · 71,141#455 Gross · 70,852#457 Montoya · 70,671#458 Franco · 70,637

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Burgess, most common first.

#1,314 Burgos · 26,230#8,787 Burkes · 3,580#28,113 Burgeson · 904#39,885 Burges · 594#71,480 Burgus · 294#82,069 Burgis · 248

Also a first name

As a first name, Burgess ranks #18,901 of 53,615, with 566 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1922, with 28 births. See Burgess as a first name

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