Burnie 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 31
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 6
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 8

Wales

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

Burnie Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burnie family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 16
Dress Maker 4
Income From Dividends 3
Indian Dividends 3
Iron Miner 2
General Servant 2
Annuitant 1
Solicitor 1
Stoker At Dye Works 1
Apprentice ?? & Gilder 1
Apprentice To Engineer E & M 1
Baker 1
Blacksmith 1
Clerk 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Cotton Winder 1
Domestic Labourer General 1
Factory Worker 1
Iron Moulder 1
Police Constable 1
Police Constables Wife 1
Stone Mason 1
Bricklayer 1
General Practioner L R L P E L R C S 1
Draper Assistant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Burnie

Name Census Frequency
John Burnie 38
William Burnie 38
Robert Burnie 31
Thomas Burnie 25
Elizabeth Burnie 21
Mary Burnie 20
James Burnie 17
Margaret Burnie 14
Isabella Burnie 11
Agnes Burnie 10
Annie Burnie 10
Helen Burnie 9
Alfred Burnie 8
Henry Burnie 8
Jane Burnie 8
Ann Burnie 7
Jessie Burnie 7
Alexander Burnie 6
Alice Burnie 6
Edith Burnie 6
Eliza Burnie 6
Ellen Burnie 6
George Burnie 6
Sarah Burnie 6
Anne Burnie 4

Burnie Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bourne 67% 39,866
2 Burn 67% 32,363
3 Brain 50% 24,766
4 Baron 33% 22,589
5 Obrien 33% 17,701
6 Brian 33% 12,455
7 Brien 50% 12,036
8 Brine 50% 6,722
9 Bourn 50% 6,046
10 Breen 33% 5,606
11 Burne 83% 5,511
12 Burney 67% 3,848
13 Obrian 17% 3,536
14 Braine 50% 3,530
15 Born 50% 3,243
16 Barn 50% 2,880
17 Barne 67% 2,685
18 Bearne 50% 2,586
19 Bran 33% 2,432
20 Borne 67% 2,130
21 Oborne 50% 2,120
22 Brion 33% 2,087
23 Birnie 83% 1,362
24 Broun 33% 1,240
25 Brane 50% 1,126
26 Berney 50% 1,111
27 Eborn 33% 1,104
28 Oborn 33% 1,062
29 Braun 33% 1,044
30 Boran 33% 1,005
31 Beran 33% 970
32 Brun 33% 941
33 Bruin 50% 842
34 Auburn 33% 821
35 Boorn 33% 775
36 Brean 33% 734
37 Eburne 67% 709
38 Bearon 17% 610
39 Obern 33% 553
40 Boorne 50% 543
41 Bearn 33% 508
42 Burnie 100% 495
43 Baren 33% 478
44 Birney 50% 428
45 Broune 33% 376
46 Bern 50% 365
47 Bren 33% 363
48 Broon 33% 336
49 Eaborn 17% 334
50 Beirne 50% 318
51 Breene 33% 309
52 Brin 50% 306
53 Obrine 33% 299
54 Bruen 33% 290
55 Berne 67% 248
56 Buron 50% 236
57 Baurne 67% 224
58 Brone 50% 220
59 Eaborne 43% 214
60 Bron 33% 202
61 Aburn 50% 196
62 Obrion 17% 195
63 Baran 33% 187
64 Barin 50% 180
65 Brune 50% 167
66 Baaran 17% 153
67 Aborn 33% 149
68 Broan 33% 140
69 Eburn 50% 138
70 Broone 33% 135
71 Bernie 83% 134
72 Obrain 33% 132
73 Beron 33% 130
74 Birne 67% 130
75 Biron 33% 129
76 Bruun 33% 126
77 Baurn 50% 122
78 Biren 33% 117
79 Boarne 50% 117
80 Brein 50% 116
81 Burno 67% 116
82 Boron 33% 115
83 Bruno 33% 111
84 Bearan 17% 104
85 Berny 50% 103

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The surname Burnie is the 42nd most popular variant of Bourne.

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