Burden Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 12
Berkshire 16
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 22
Cornwall 77
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 24
Devon 64
Dorset 373
Durham 80
Essex 72
Gloucestershire 67
Hampshire 326
Herefordshire 8
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 9
Kent 281
Lancashire 77
Leicestershire 45
Lincolnshire 68
London 515
Middlesex 53
Northumberland 25
Norfolk 25
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 83
Oxfordshire 155
Rutland 0
Shropshire 18
Suffolk 5
Somerset 63
Surrey 62
Sussex 116
Staffordshire 74
Warwickshire 151
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 160
Worcestershire 66
Yorkshire 193

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 33
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Burden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 549
Agricultural Labourer 85
General Labourer 48
Coal Miner 31
Domestic Servant 31
Dress Maker 29
General Servant Domestic 25
Labourer 25
Gardener 20
Farm Labourer 19
Living On Her Own Means 18
Laundress 17
Farmer 15
Living On Own Means 15
General Servant 14
Carpenter 12
General Domestic Servant 11
Farm Servant 11
Dressmaker 11
Groom 10
Painter 10
Carman 10
House Maid 9
Blacksmith 8
Draper 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Burden

Name Census Frequency
William Burden 1,644
Mary Burden 1,540
John Burden 1,319
George Burden 980
Elizabeth Burden 974
Sarah Burden 800
James Burden 790
Thomas Burden 766
Henry Burden 644
Charles Burden 582
Jane Burden 508
Ann Burden 486
Eliza Burden 402
Alfred Burden 389
Frederick Burden 377
Alice Burden 371
Joseph Burden 359
Emma Burden 353
Ellen Burden 342
Annie Burden 332
Robert Burden 319
Edward Burden 313
Emily Burden 293
Richard Burden 288
Albert Burden 256

Burden Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Burden 100% 26,226
2 Barden 83% 11,227
3 Burdon 83% 8,231
4 Breedon 43% 2,912
5 Briden 67% 2,088
6 Braden 67% 2,076
7 Beardon 57% 1,836
8 Borden 83% 1,451
9 Breeden 57% 1,363
10 Bardon 67% 1,006
11 Breden 67% 973
12 Aberdeen 63% 850
13 Bourdon 71% 778
14 Bardin 67% 581
15 Burdin 83% 505
16 Breaden 57% 501
17 Bridon 50% 474
18 Bredon 50% 453
19 Bradon 50% 336
20 Bearden 71% 289
21 Braiden 57% 282
22 Bredin 50% 240
23 Birden 83% 229
24 Brudon 50% 196
25 Bordon 67% 191
26 Boarden 71% 190
27 Bruden 67% 184
28 Broden 67% 172
29 Bourden 86% 138
30 Aberdein 63% 132
31 Breadon 43% 131
32 Berden 83% 109

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The surname Burden is the most popular version of all its varients

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