Buroughs Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

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

Buroughs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buroughs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:6,838,848318,712
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2811:178,71415,946

Buroughs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buroughs is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buroughs? popularity and diffusion

Buroughs is the 2,661,929th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Buroughs occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Buroughs live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Buroughs is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 6,838,848. In The United States Buroughs is mostly concentrated in: Colorado, where 13 percent reside, Nebraska, where 8 percent reside and Alabama, where 6 percent reside.

Buroughs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Buroughs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buroughs last name decreased 81 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buroughs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Buroughs surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% being registered with the political party.

Buroughs earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.75% more than the national average, earning $49,080 USD 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
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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 Buroughs
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