Burrowes Surname
Approximately 4,883 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameBurrowes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,414 | 1:256,336 | 24,269 |
| Jamaica | 604 | 1:4,752 | 639 |
| Australia | 531 | 1:50,839 | 6,318 |
| England | 509 | 1:109,466 | 11,344 |
| Barbados | 411 | 1:699 | 183 |
| Israel | 261 | 1:32,788 | 4,621 |
| Canada | 251 | 1:146,795 | 15,033 |
| Guyana | 223 | 1:3,418 | 629 |
| New Zealand | 216 | 1:20,964 | 3,677 |
| Ireland | 125 | 1:37,672 | 3,040 |
| Scotland | 63 | 1:84,981 | 6,133 |
| Northern Ireland | 58 | 1:31,811 | 3,241 |
| Panama | 41 | 1:95,421 | 3,699 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:110,519 | 8,545 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 25 | 1:54,559 | 4,614 |
| Belize | 18 | 1:19,749 | 1,760 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 156 | 1:28,397 | 2,942 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 213 | 1:114,438 | 11,110 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 122 | 1:411,629 | 30,405 |
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.
Genit., or pl., of Burrough or Burrow = Borough, q.v.
Burrowes Demographics
Burrowes Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Burrowes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burrowes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Burrowes is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Burrowes? popularity and diffusion
The last name Burrowes is the 97,236th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,492,432 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Burrowes live; 27 percent live in North America and 26 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Burrowes is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,414 people, or 1 in 256,336. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Florida, where 13 percent live, California, where 6 percent live and Georgia, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.
Burrowes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Burrowes has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,159 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 239 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 20 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 3,150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Burrowes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (70%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Burrowes last name are 10.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.14% being registered to vote for the 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burowes | 93 | 0 | / |
| Burroes | 93 | 0 | / |
| Borrowes | 88 | 18 | / |
| Burrowis | 88 | 2 | / |
| Burroues | 88 | 1 | / |
| Buroes | 86 | 0 | / |
| Beurroies | 82 | 2 | / |
| Burrouehs | 82 | 1 | / |
| Burrous | 80 | 786 | / |
| Burries | 80 | 215 | / |
| Burawes | 80 | 23 | / |
| Burgoes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buroess | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buroves | 80 | 1 | / |
| Burraes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Burreas | 80 | 0 | / |
| Burrues | 80 | 0 | / |
| Borowes | 80 | 0 | / |
| Burrees | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bourrous | 75 | 399 | / |
| Beurrois | 75 | 62 | / |
| Burovets | 75 | 38 | / |
| Bourrois | 75 | 5 | / |
| Burrouhs | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bouroues | 75 | 2 | / |
| Burrojhs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bourgoes | 75 | 0 | / |
| Burrouss | 75 | 0 | / |
| Burrouys | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bourouies | 71 | 138 | / |
| Buries | 71 | 121 | / |
| Burois | 71 | 20 | / |
| Burrouths | 71 | 9 | / |
| Burous | 71 | 2 | / |
| Burrousch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baurowiez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bureys | 71 | 1 | / |
| Burejs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bourgoies | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bourouess | 71 | 1 | / |
| Burroushs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bureis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bureus | 71 | 0 | / |
| Burues | 71 | 0 | / |
| Burees | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bureas | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bourous | 67 | 458 | / |
| Baureis | 67 | 288 | / |
| Bourrousse | 67 | 264 | / |
| Beurois | 67 | 243 | / |
| Burawis | 67 | 224 | / |
| Burgois | 67 | 161 | / |
| Burriez | 67 | 108 | / |
| Butrous | 67 | 104 | / |
| Bauries | 67 | 78 | / |
| Bouries | 67 | 42 | / |
| Buryesh | 67 | 22 | / |
| Bureits | 67 | 14 | / |
| Burraez | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bureish | 67 | 7 | / |
| Burgous | 67 | 5 | / |
| Butreas | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buroiss | 67 | 4 | / |
| Borowis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bourois | 67 | 3 | / |
| Borreas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baureus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bureess | 67 | 2 | / |
| Borrões | 67 | 1 | / |
| Borowez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Borowys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bourees | 67 | 0 | / |
| Borrous | 67 | 0 | / |
| Buriess | 67 | 0 | / |
| Burraus | 67 | 0 | / |
| Buraess | 67 | 0 | / |
| Burgeas | 67 | 0 | / |
| Burouss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Burouse | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bouryes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Borreus | 67 | 0 | / |
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