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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 88
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 15
Devon 73
Dorset 408
Durham 72
Essex 28
Gloucestershire 28
Hampshire 263
Herefordshire 11
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 21
Kent 252
Lancashire 42
Leicestershire 43
Lincolnshire 45
London 377
Middlesex 11
Northumberland 20
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 62
Oxfordshire 210
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 44
Surrey 46
Sussex 75
Staffordshire 53
Warwickshire 164
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 189
Worcestershire 45
Yorkshire 140

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 0

Burden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 535
Agricultural Labourer 132
Labourer 73
General Servant 36
Domestic Servant 33
Dress Maker 27
House Keeper 23
Wife Of Above 21
Ag Labourer 20
Laundress 18
Carpenter 16
Annuitant 15
Servant 14
Farm Labourer 13
Farm Servant 12
General Servant Domestic 11
Groom 11
Charwoman 10
Carter 10
Mariner 10
Blacksmith 10
Dressmaker 10
Cook 9
Stone Mason 9
Tailor 9

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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