Burghess Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Burghess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
Burghess Demographics
Average Burghess Salary in
South Africa
R 230,424
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Burghess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burghess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Burghess is found most in South Africa. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Burghess? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Burghess reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Burghess is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Besides South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent reside.
Burghess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Burghess has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Burghess surname declined 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Burghess Last Name Statistics demography
Burghess earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.04% less than the national average, earning R 230,424 per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Burghess
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