Burn Name Meaning: A topographic derivation from the old Endlish 'Burna,Burne',a 'spring' or 'stream',indicated to someone who lived beside a 'stream'.
The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin & was gradually replaced by the old English 'broc' meaning 'brook'.
Discover how your Burn ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 1 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 47 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 80 |
Cornwall | 83 |
Cumberland | 38 |
Derbyshire | 43 |
Devon | 202 |
Dorset | 18 |
Durham | 649 |
Essex | 31 |
Gloucestershire | 21 |
Hampshire | 83 |
Herefordshire | 3 |
Hertfordshire | 22 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 7 |
Isle of Man | 3 |
Kent | 37 |
Lancashire | 251 |
Leicestershire | 27 |
Lincolnshire | 52 |
London | 386 |
Middlesex | 19 |
Northumberland | 811 |
Norfolk | 33 |
Northamptonshire | 2 |
Nottinghamshire | 11 |
Oxfordshire | 6 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 7 |
Shropshire | 12 |
Suffolk | 27 |
Somerset | 32 |
Surrey | 8 |
Sussex | 19 |
Staffordshire | 106 |
Warwickshire | 64 |
Westmorland | 32 |
Wiltshire | 1 |
Worcestershire | 42 |
Yorkshire | 351 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 11 |
Carmarthenshire | 2 |
Denbighshire | 1 |
Flintshire | 3 |
Glamorgan | 54 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 3 |
Pembrokeshire | 3 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Scholar | 584 |
Agricultural Labourer | 98 |
Labourer | 87 |
House Servant | 54 |
Coal Miner | 50 |
Dress Maker | 45 |
General Servant | 28 |
House Keeper | 24 |
Servant | 22 |
Tailor | 18 |
Shoe Maker | 17 |
Blacksmith | 17 |
Wife Of Above | 17 |
Carter | 17 |
Copper Miner | 16 |
Joiner | 16 |
Domestic Servant | 11 |
Shepherd | 11 |
Wife | 11 |
House Maid | 11 |
Brick Maker | 10 |
Farm Servant | 10 |
Mason | 10 |
Hawker | 9 |
Butcher | 9 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Burn | 2,482 |
John Burn | 2,353 |
William Burn | 2,076 |
Elizabeth Burn | 1,496 |
Thomas Burn | 1,429 |
James Burn | 1,154 |
Jane Burn | 1,027 |
George Burn | 963 |
Robert Burn | 910 |
Margaret Burn | 909 |
Ann Burn | 846 |
Sarah Burn | 827 |
Joseph Burn | 667 |
Henry Burn | 592 |
Charles Burn | 445 |
Annie Burn | 406 |
Isabella Burn | 398 |
Ellen Burn | 371 |
Hannah Burn | 357 |
Edward Burn | 336 |
Eliza Burn | 303 |
Catherine Burn | 295 |
Alice Burn | 292 |
Emma Burn | 268 |
Richard Burn | 268 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Bourne | 67% | 39,866 |
2 | Burn | 100% | 32,363 |
3 | Byrne | 60% | 26,322 |
4 | Brain | 40% | 24,766 |
5 | Baron | 60% | 22,589 |
6 | Obrien | 33% | 17,701 |
7 | Brian | 40% | 12,455 |
8 | Brien | 40% | 12,036 |
9 | Brine | 40% | 6,722 |
10 | Bourn | 80% | 6,046 |
11 | Breen | 40% | 5,606 |
12 | Burne | 80% | 5,511 |
13 | Obrian | 33% | 3,536 |
14 | Braine | 33% | 3,530 |
15 | Born | 75% | 3,243 |
16 | Barn | 75% | 2,880 |
17 | Barne | 60% | 2,685 |
18 | Bearne | 50% | 2,586 |
19 | Bran | 50% | 2,432 |
20 | Borne | 60% | 2,130 |
21 | Oborne | 50% | 2,120 |
22 | Brion | 40% | 2,087 |
23 | Birnie | 50% | 1,362 |
24 | Broun | 40% | 1,240 |
25 | Brane | 40% | 1,126 |
26 | Eborn | 60% | 1,104 |
27 | Oborn | 60% | 1,062 |
28 | Braun | 40% | 1,044 |
29 | Boran | 60% | 1,005 |
30 | Beran | 60% | 970 |
31 | Brun | 50% | 941 |
32 | Bruin | 60% | 842 |
33 | Auburn | 67% | 821 |
34 | Boorn | 60% | 775 |
35 | Brean | 40% | 734 |
36 | Eburne | 67% | 709 |
37 | Bearon | 50% | 610 |
38 | Obern | 60% | 553 |
39 | Boorne | 50% | 543 |
40 | Bearn | 60% | 508 |
41 | Burnie | 67% | 495 |
42 | Baren | 60% | 478 |
43 | Broune | 33% | 376 |
44 | Bern | 75% | 365 |
45 | Bren | 50% | 363 |
46 | Broon | 40% | 336 |
47 | Eaborn | 50% | 334 |
48 | Beirne | 50% | 318 |
49 | Breene | 33% | 309 |
50 | Brin | 50% | 306 |
51 | Obrine | 33% | 299 |
52 | Bruen | 60% | 290 |
53 | Berne | 60% | 248 |
54 | Buron | 80% | 236 |
55 | Baurne | 67% | 224 |
56 | Brone | 40% | 220 |
57 | Eaborne | 43% | 214 |
58 | Bron | 50% | 202 |
59 | Aburn | 80% | 196 |
60 | Obrion | 33% | 195 |
61 | Baran | 60% | 187 |
62 | Barin | 60% | 180 |
63 | Brune | 40% | 167 |
64 | Baaran | 50% | 153 |
65 | Aborn | 60% | 149 |
66 | Broan | 40% | 140 |
67 | Eburn | 80% | 138 |
68 | Broone | 33% | 135 |
69 | Bernie | 50% | 134 |
70 | Obrain | 33% | 132 |
71 | Beron | 60% | 130 |
72 | Birne | 60% | 130 |
73 | Biron | 60% | 129 |
74 | Bruun | 60% | 126 |
75 | Baurn | 80% | 122 |
76 | Biren | 60% | 117 |
77 | Boarne | 50% | 117 |
78 | Brein | 40% | 116 |
79 | Burno | 80% | 116 |
80 | Boron | 60% | 115 |
81 | Bruno | 40% | 111 |
82 | Bearan | 50% | 104 |
The surname Burn is the 2nd most popular variant of Bourne.