Burbage Surname

175,910th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,434 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Burbage Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Burbage or Burbach = the Castle-Brook [Old English burh, a stronghold, castle + bece or boec, a brook] The Leicester Burbage or Burbach occurs in a Latin charter of the Con­fessor’s as Burhbeca.

Burbage Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8801:192,79719,072
England3911:142,50113,810
Australia631:428,50333,982
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Jamaica141:204,9965,998
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
Wales121:257,87814,969
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Ireland71:672,70615,999
Scotland61:892,30328,047
France51:13,284,544357,392
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
China21:683,660,78330,601
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland441:100,6796,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4711:51,7526,267
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2901:173,16815,571

Burbage (15) may also be a first name.

Burbage Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Burbage or Burbach = the Castle-Brook [Old English burh, a stronghold, castle + bece or boec, a brook] The Leicester Burbage or Burbach occurs in a Latin charter of the Con­fessor’s as Burhbeca.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Places in cos. Wilts and Leicester.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Burbidges from Burbage, either in Leicestershire or Wilts; the Elkingtons from Northamptonshire, and others.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Burbage Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Burbage Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Burbage is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Burbage click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burbage? popularity and diffusion

It is the 175,910th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,994,062 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Burbage reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 15 people.

Burbage is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1,880 people, or 1 in 192,797. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: South Carolina, where 26 percent live, Florida, where 8 percent live and North Carolina, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Burbage Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Burbage has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Burbage last name rose 648 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 17 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 84 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Burbage Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Burbage surname is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Burbage surname are 21.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.99% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Burbage earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.61% less than the national average, earning $40,729 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.55% less than the national average, earning $42,951 CAD per year.

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