Burrell

23,451 people in the United States were counted with the surname Burrell in the 2020 census, making it the 1,482nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 12,700.

By the numbers

People: 23,451
Rank: 1,482nd
How common: 1 in 12,700
Per 100,000: 7.9

Where the name comes from

Origin Old French

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Burrell described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Black, not Hispanic 45.5%
White, not Hispanic 44.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Burrell

Ty Burrell (born 1967)American actor and comedian
Leroy Burrell (born 1967)American sprinter
Kenny Burrell (born 1931)American jazz guitarist
Boz Burrell (1946–2006)British singer and bassist
Dawn Burrell (born 1973)American long jumper
Anne Burrell (1969–2025)American television chef
Scott Burrell (born 1971)American basketball player

People named Burrell with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Burrell

Also a first name

Burrell has been given to 1,475 American babies as a first name since 1881, peaking in 1919. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.