How common is the last name Burroughs?

16,458 people in the United States have the last name Burroughs, about 1 in 18,161. It ranks #2,147 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

BURROUGHS

#2,147

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,458
About
1 in 18,161
This common or more
48.6%
Who bears it

Of the 16,458 people with the last name Burroughs, 66.4% reported their origin as White, 25.5% as Black and 4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Burroughs

1 other last name also has 16,458 people.

#2,147 Bellamy · 16,458

Either side of Burroughs

#2,146 Vandyke · 16,461#2,147 Bellamy · 16,458#2,149 Cagle · 16,454#2,150 Read · 16,452

Spelled almost the same

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

#21,866 Burrough · 1,213#41,948 Burrous · 558

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