Burdon 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 7
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 29
Dorset 24
Durham 311
Essex 5
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 0
Kent 11
Lancashire 36
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 19
London 139
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 40
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 8
Somerset 4
Surrey 1
Sussex 10
Staffordshire 16
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 117

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Burdon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burdon family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 144
Agricultural Labourer 14
Coal Miner 12
Domestic Servant 12
Labourer 10
Dress Maker 9
Tailor 8
Annuitant 7
Joiner 6
House Keeper 6
Milliner 5
Commercial Clerk 4
Farm Servant 4
Blacksmith 4
Butcher 4
Gardener 4
Smith 4
Dock Labourer 4
Teacher Of Music 4
Farmer 3
Farmers Daughter 3
Farmers Son 3
General Servant 3
Grocer 3
Miner 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Burdon

Name Census Frequency
Mary Burdon 600
John Burdon 540
William Burdon 527
Elizabeth Burdon 409
Thomas Burdon 343
George Burdon 246
Jane Burdon 232
Sarah Burdon 228
James Burdon 225
Robert Burdon 200
Ann Burdon 192
Henry Burdon 159
Margaret Burdon 156
Charles Burdon 117
Isabella Burdon 115
Hannah Burdon 106
Edward Burdon 104
Joseph Burdon 100
Richard Burdon 98
Annie Burdon 93
Alice Burdon 88
Ellen Burdon 80
Eliza Burdon 77
Arthur Burdon 74
Charlotte Burdon 63

Burdon Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Burdon is the 3rd most popular variant of Burden.

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