Burchell Surname
Approximately 9,185 people bear this surname
Burchell Surname Definition:
For Birchall, Birchell, q.v.
Burchell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,302 | 1:109,770 | 11,978 |
| England | 2,846 | 1:19,578 | 2,797 |
| Australia | 1,232 | 1:21,912 | 3,029 |
| Canada | 671 | 1:54,911 | 6,523 |
| South Africa | 360 | 1:150,494 | 17,071 |
| Jamaica | 205 | 1:14,000 | 1,375 |
| Wales | 202 | 1:15,319 | 1,670 |
| Northern Ireland | 94 | 1:19,628 | 2,401 |
| New Zealand | 74 | 1:61,194 | 9,493 |
| Scotland | 52 | 1:102,958 | 6,964 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 36 | 1:123,052 | 7,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,260 | 1:19,346 | 2,779 |
| Wales | 74 | 1:21,195 | 1,227 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 535 | 1:93,867 | 9,617 |
Burchell (689) may also be a first name.
Burchell Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
For Birchall, Birchell, q.v.
(English) Dweller at, or on, the hill of birch trees.
This family, probably foreign, descends from Sir Humphry Burghill or Burchell, a companion of Bernard de Neumarché in the conquest of Brecknock, 1088 (Jones, Brecknock, i. 92). About 1150 William de Burchall was witness to a gift to Hereford Abbey; and later, David de Burchall. See Jones (Brecknock, ii. 439-442).
Burchell Demographics
Burchell Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Burchell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burchell Come From? nationality or country of origin
Burchell is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Burchell? popularity and diffusion
The last name Burchell is the 55,318th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 793,418 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 39 percent of Burchell reside; 37 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 315,065th most frequently held given name in the world It is held by 689 people.
The surname Burchell is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 3,302 people, or 1 in 109,770. In The United States Burchell is most frequent in: Tennessee, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 43 countries. It is also found in England, where 31 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.
Burchell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Burchell has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 617 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 226 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 273 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 473 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 39 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Burchell Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Burchell last name is primarily Catholic (71%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Burchell last name are 17.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.25% registered with the political party.
The amount Burchell earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 44.87% more than the national average, earning R 344,268 per year; in United States they earn 2.75% more than the national average, earning $44,336 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.04% less than the national average, earning $49,663 CAD per year.
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