Burkhead Surname

140,089th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Burkhead Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Burkhead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1731:114,23212,355
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5011:100,23710,167

Burkhead Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Burkhead Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Burkhead is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burkhead? popularity and diffusion

The surname Burkhead is the 140,089th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,285,930 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Burkhead are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 3,173 people, or 1 in 114,232. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Kentucky, where 17 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Maryland, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Burkhead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Burkhead has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Burkhead surname grew 633 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Burkhead Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Burkhead last name are 25.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.57% registered to vote for the political party.

Burkhead earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.31% less than the national average, earning $40,428 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Burkhead
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