Burnum Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Burnum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Burnum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3941:919,94769,072
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1491:337,03826,036

Burnum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Burnum is found most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burnum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Burnum is the 726,304th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. The surname Burnum is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Burnum live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 394 people, or 1 in 919,947. In The United States Burnum is most numerous in: Georgia, where 22 percent live, Tennessee, where 14 percent live and Louisiana, where 11 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent live and Bangladesh, where 0 percent live.

Burnum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Burnum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Burnum surname expanded 264 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Burnum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Burnum last name are 36.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.16% registered with the political party.

Burnum earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.21% more than the national average, earning $45,399 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buurnum923/
Buernum920/
Burnnum920/
Burnuum920/
Burnhum920/
Burnom83176/
Vurnum8315/
Bornum835/
Burnun830/
Burnoun771/
Burnhom771/
Burneun770/
Burnhun770/
Burnund770/
Burnaung715/
Bournoun711/
Burnhaun710/
Wornum67226/
Burnon67108/
Vornum671/
Vurnom670/
Burnhausen631/
Bournon62324/
Hvornum6264/
Bornaun622/
Worneum621/
Burnhon620/
Wornom50203/
Bornon5045/
Vornom500/

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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
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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 Burnum
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