Burroughs

16,458 people in the United States were counted with the surname Burroughs in the 2020 census, making it the 2,147th most common in the country. That is about one person in 18,200.

By the numbers

People: 16,458
Rank: 2,147th
How common: 1 in 18,200
Per 100,000: 5.5

Where the name comes from

Origin Middle English

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 66.4%
Black, not Hispanic 25.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950)American writer
William S. Burroughs (1914–1997)American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer
Jordan Burroughs (born 1988)American wrestler
John Burroughs (1837–1921)American naturalist and essayist
Jackie Burroughs (1939–2010)Canadian actress
William Seward Burroughs I (1855–1898)American businessman
Augusten Burroughs (born 1965)American writer

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

Surnames like Burroughs

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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.