Burrow Surname

36,043rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,644 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Burrow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the borough'; v. Bury. The final 's' is appended as in Brooks, Styles, Briggs. Perhaps the patronymic as in Jennings, Jones, Simonds, &c.

John atte Boroghe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Burrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,1831:35,5954,443
England2,6541:20,9942,961
Australia7781:34,6994,572
New Zealand1981:22,8704,013
South Africa1921:282,17627,721
Canada1731:212,98020,593
Israel1301:65,8288,216
Scotland911:58,8334,840
Japan491:2,609,06731,334
Wales341:91,0167,411
Northern Ireland181:102,5026,334
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
France141:4,744,480251,814
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0321:11,9961,822
Scotland311:120,7495,564
Wales121:130,7015,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6801:29,8923,627

Burrow (36) may also be a first name.

Burrow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the borough'; v. Bury. The final 's' is appended as in Brooks, Styles, Briggs. Perhaps the patronymic as in Jennings, Jones, Simonds, &c.

John atte Boroghe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Richard atte Boroghe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

Thomas Burewe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1742. Married — William Burroughs and Elizabeth Knight: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1752. — Hercules Burrows and Sarah Whitehead: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Borough, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Burrow is a Lancashire township.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Burrow Last Name Facts

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

Burrow is most common in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Burrow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 36,043rd most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 497,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Burrow are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 36 people.

Burrow is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 10,183 people, or 1 in 35,595. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 18 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Arkansas, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Burrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Burrow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Burrow last name rose 606 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 131 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 294 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 283 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 82 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Burrow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Burrow surname is primarily Methodist (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Burrow last name are 10.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.25% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Burrow earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 30.28% more than the national average, earning R 309,600 per year; in United States they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning $41,330 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.44% more than the national average, earning $57,851 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burrowa926/
Bourrow922/
Burrouw921/
Burrowe920/
Burow915,074/
Burrouws8616/
Burrrows8610/
Burrowss863/
Bourrows862/
Beurrows861/
Burrowsj861/
Bhurrows860/
Borrow831,495/
Buhrow83891/
Burows8357/
Butrow8336/
Burowa8312/
Vurrow837/
Burhow836/
Burgow833/
Bourow832/
Buroow831/
Burraw830/
Burroff7763/
Buhrows775/
Burrofs773/
Burruws772/
Bouroow771/
Burhowe771/
Burraws771/
Buurows771/
Vurrowf771/
Bourowa771/
Bourows770/
Burov7318,627/
Borow732,531/
Buruw734/
Buraw733/
Burów731/
Burof731/
Bourhowa711/
Burova6720,375/
Borowa671,936/
Baurov67368/
Buhrov67367/
Butrov67263/
Boorow67198/
Burovs67173/
Burgov67108/
Buroff6792/
Bourov6754/
Buyrov6736/
Beurov6734/
Bhuruw6733/
Buerov6727/
Burhof6726/
Burzov6713/
Buirov6710/
Buroev679/
Burgof676/
Bhuraw674/
Burhov673/
Burrouvhs671/
Burhob671/
Burouf671/
Burruf671/
Butrof671/
Burawe671/
Borraw671/
Bauraw671/
Bierow671/
Burovė671/
Buroiv671/
Bourob670/
Buroft670/

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