Burnheim Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Burnheim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Burnheim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1761:153,38516,171
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Bürnheim (2) are calculated separately.

Burnheim Last Name Facts

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

The last name Burnheim is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Bürnheim. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burnheim? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,267,784th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Burnheim are found; 97 percent are found in Australasia and 97 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Burnheim is most numerous in Australia, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 153,385. In Australia it is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 57 percent live, Queensland, where 17 percent live and Victoria, where 14 percent live. Outside of Australia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Burnheim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Burnheim has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Burnheim last name fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Burnheim
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