Burgan Surname
Approximately 7,271 people bear this surname
Burgan Surname Definition:
Thomas Burgane held land in Innerkethin, 1500 (RAA., II, 404), and in the same year John of Burgoun was one of an assize (EBR., 79). Thomas Burgan resigned his share of Ferrihill in 1595 (RD., p. 493), and four years later John Burgan had a charter of a tenement in North Quenesferrie (ibid.
Read More About This SurnameBurgan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,036 | 1:119,387 | 12,792 |
| Palestine | 1,609 | 1:2,827 | 610 |
| Jordan | 604 | 1:14,640 | 2,418 |
| France | 353 | 1:188,166 | 29,257 |
| Australia | 303 | 1:89,095 | 10,253 |
| England | 286 | 1:194,818 | 17,152 |
| Russia | 280 | 1:514,725 | 47,135 |
| Kuwait | 202 | 1:18,815 | 2,493 |
| Turkey | 182 | 1:427,590 | 25,504 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Guyana | 42 | 1:18,148 | 2,339 |
| Italy | 30 | 1:2,038,556 | 89,453 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 1:127,102 | 11,684 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Slovakia | 21 | 1:254,117 | 39,106 |
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 162 | 1:150,465 | 13,283 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 554 | 1:90,647 | 9,336 |
Burgan (103) may also be a first name.
Burgan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Thomas Burgane held land in Innerkethin, 1500 (RAA., II, 404), and in the same year John of Burgoun was one of an assize (EBR., 79). Thomas Burgan resigned his share of Ferrihill in 1595 (RD., p. 493), and four years later John Burgan had a charter of a tenement in North Quenesferrie (ibid., p. 495). James Burgane in Northferrie was retoured heir of Peter Burgane, portioner of Ferriehill in three sixteen parts of land of Fairhill in the parish of Dumfermeling, 1634 (Retours, Fife, 507). Anthony Burgane appears in Fornaught, 1680 (Dunblane), William Burgane in Prendergaist, 1682, and John Burgan in Harcas, 1683 (Lauder). George Burgen appears in Edinburgh, 1700, and eleven others of the name Burgen and Burgone are recorded in the Edinburgh Marriage Register.
From bur-gan, the top of the down.
Burgoyne: from Burgundy.
Burgan Demographics
Average Male Burgan Height
176 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Burgan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burgan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Burgan (Arabic: برقان, Hindi: बुरगन, Russian: Бурган) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Burgan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 68,322nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,002,276 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 41 percent of Burgan live; 36 percent live in West Asia and 32 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 930,172nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 103 people.
The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 3,036 people, or 1 in 119,387. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 10 percent live, Maryland, where 9 percent live and Kentucky, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found in 49 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 22 percent live and Jordan, where 8 percent live.
Burgan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Burgan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Burgan last name grew 548 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 177 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Burgan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Burgan last name are 14.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.93% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Burgan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.36% less than the national average, earning $42,131 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.59% more than the national average, earning $56,436 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Burgan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Burgan in the Hindi language | ||
| बुरगन | buragana | - |
| Burgan in the Russian language | ||
| Бурган | burgan | - |
| Burgan in the Arabic language | ||
| برقان | brqan | - |
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