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 3
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 83
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 46
Cornwall 101
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 45
Devon 77
Dorset 512
Durham 38
Essex 145
Gloucestershire 118
Hampshire 479
Herefordshire 9
Hertfordshire 9
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 18
Kent 360
Lancashire 128
Leicestershire 61
Lincolnshire 82
London 630
Middlesex 160
Northumberland 27
Norfolk 23
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 116
Oxfordshire 221
Rutland 0
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 19
Somerset 118
Surrey 146
Sussex 164
Staffordshire 188
Warwickshire 319
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 220
Worcestershire 89
Yorkshire 282

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 47
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 16
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Burden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burden family

Profession Census Frequency
School 475
Farm Labourer 70
General Labourer 37
Farmer 31
General Servant (domestic) 27
Private Means 26
Dressmaker 25
Labourer 25
None 25
Assisting In The Business 22
Domestic Servant 21
Carpenter 17
Carter On Farm 17
Laundress 14
Shop Assistant 14
Scholar 14
At Home 14
Housemaid (domestic) 13
Carman 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Gardener (domestic) 12
Waggoner On Farm 12
Coal Miner Hewer 12
Bricklayer 11
School Boy 11

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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