Burness Surname
Approximately 2,226 people bear this surname
Burness Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the burn,' i.e. stream; Middle English burne or bourne. More especially parishes in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Hampshire. With Burns, compare Styles, Bridges, Holmes, Brooks, &c.
Read More About This SurnameBurness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 487 | 1:744,269 | 58,228 |
| England | 436 | 1:127,794 | 12,731 |
| Australia | 411 | 1:65,683 | 7,845 |
| South Africa | 254 | 1:213,298 | 22,519 |
| Scotland | 207 | 1:25,864 | 2,812 |
| Canada | 164 | 1:224,668 | 21,579 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 1:82,333 | 11,809 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 397 | 1:9,429 | 1,224 |
| England | 174 | 1:140,088 | 12,645 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 132 | 1:380,445 | 28,529 |
Burness (173) may also be a first name.
Burness Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the burn,' i.e. stream; Middle English burne or bourne. More especially parishes in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Hampshire. With Burns, compare Styles, Bridges, Holmes, Brooks, &c. Possibly the patronymic 5, as in Williams, Jennings, and Jones.
John atte Bourn, Close Rolls, 17 Edward III.
John de Bourne, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
William atte Borne, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
John de la Burn', Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard de la Burne, Somerset, ibid.
John de la Burne, Essex, ibid.
Robert Atte-borne, rector of Ingworth, Norfolk, 1360: History of Norfolk.
1618. William Bourne and Agnes Johnson: Marriage Lic. (London).
1754. Married — Edward Burne and Susanna Basile: St. George, Hanover Square.
This surname is said to occur in England in early times, but the Scottish Burness is most probably of local origin. Burneshead, Cumberland, was the seat of a family of Burnes up to the reign of Edward I (Burn, Cumberland, London, 1777, I, p. 124). Bernes in the parish of Glenbervie before 1329 appears as Bernes and Bernis (RMS., I, App. 11,432, 585). The lands were perhaps those afterwards known as Burnhouse of Kair in the barony of Mondynes and may be the present Burnside of Monboddo (compare Jervise, I, p. 155). A family of the name of Burnes were leaseholders of the lands of Bralinmuir and Bogjordan which form the estate of Inchbreck in the early part of the sixteenth century (ibid.). A Bernys in the barony of Renfrew is mentioned in 1375 (RMS., I, 591) and Bernis in the shire of Dunbertane in 1495 (RMP., p. 405). David Burnis a follower of the earl of Cassilis, was respited for murder, 1520 (RSS., I, 3386), and a later David Burnis was burgess of Ayr, 1587 (Ayr, p. 115). Robert Burns's right name was Burness (pron. Bur'ness not Burness'), but because the name was pronounced in Ayrshire as if written Burns, he and his brother Gilbert agreed to drop Burness and assume Burns in April 1786 (Wallace-Chambers, I, p. 318). Burnace, Burnasse, Burnice.
Local. A burn, in Scotland, is a small stream, the same as Bourne. Biorn, in the Danish and Swedish, signifies a bear, figuratively, a ferocious, valiant man.
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Burness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burness Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Burness is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Burness? popularity and diffusion
The last name Burness is the 189,722nd most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 3,273,830 people. The last name Burness occurs mostly in Europe, where 30 percent of Burness are found; 30 percent are found in Northern Europe and 30 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 694,534th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 173 people.
The last name Burness is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 487 people, or 1 in 744,269. In The United States Burness is mostly found in: Connecticut, where 10 percent live, New Jersey, where 7 percent live and Maryland, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States Burness is found in 23 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 18 percent live.
Burness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Burness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Burness last name grew 369 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 251 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 48 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Burness Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Burness last name are 1.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.64% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Burness earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.99% more than the national average, earning R 361,176 per year; in United States they earn 5.85% more than the national average, earning $45,674 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.48% more than the national average, earning $50,420 CAD per year.
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