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 1
Buckinghamshire 12
Berkshire 17
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 17
Cornwall 91
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 23
Devon 82
Dorset 439
Durham 57
Essex 50
Gloucestershire 31
Hampshire 283
Herefordshire 17
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 36
Kent 268
Lancashire 86
Leicestershire 60
Lincolnshire 52
London 491
Middlesex 28
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 16
Nottinghamshire 96
Oxfordshire 212
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 8
Somerset 60
Surrey 71
Sussex 123
Staffordshire 85
Warwickshire 231
Westmorland 4
Wiltshire 244
Worcestershire 63
Yorkshire 166

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 11
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Burden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 745
Agricultural Labourer 122
Dress Maker 52
Labourer 47
Domestic Servant 43
General Servant 38
Farm Labourer 38
Carpenter 24
General Labourer 23
Coal Miner 17
General Servant Domestic 15
House Keeper 15
Annuitant 13
Gardener 11
Servant Domestic 11
Laundress 10
Servant 10
Joiner 10
Errand Boy 9
Mariner 9
Groom 9
Cook Domestic 8
Carter 8
Gardener Domestic 8
Fisherman 8

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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