Burrowes Surname

97,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,883 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Burrowes 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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Burrowes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4141:256,33624,269
Jamaica6041:4,752639
Australia5311:50,8396,318
England5091:109,46611,344
Barbados4111:699183
Israel2611:32,7884,621
Canada2511:146,79515,033
Guyana2231:3,418629
New Zealand2161:20,9643,677
Ireland1251:37,6723,040
Scotland631:84,9816,133
Northern Ireland581:31,8113,241
Panama411:95,4213,699
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Wales281:110,5198,545
Trinidad and Tobago251:54,5594,614
Belize181:19,7491,760
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Cayman Islands81:7,987922
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
France31:22,140,907385,998
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1561:28,3972,942
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2131:114,43811,110
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1221:411,62930,405

Burrowes 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

Genit., or pl., of Burrough or Burrow = Borough, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Burrowes Last Name Facts

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

Burrowes is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Burrowes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burrowes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Burrowes is the 97,236th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,492,432 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Burrowes live; 27 percent live in North America and 26 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,414 people, or 1 in 256,336. In The United States Burrowes is most common in: Florida, where 13 percent live, California, where 6 percent live and Georgia, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States Burrowes is found in 33 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Burrowes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Burrowes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Burrowes surname rose 1,159 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 239 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 20 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 3,150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Burrowes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (70%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Burrowes surname are 10.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Burrowes earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 112.73% more than the national average, earning R 505,536 per year; in United States they earn 2.13% more than the national average, earning $44,067 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.95% more than the national average, earning $54,625 CAD per year.

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