Burrows Surname

8,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69,408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Burrows 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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Burrows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States23,9721:15,1201,903
England23,5661:2,364300
Australia7,2641:3,716533
Canada4,1691:8,8381,320
Bahamas3,2701:12021
New Zealand1,5411:2,939439
Wales1,1731:2,638291
South Africa1,1661:46,4655,929
Northern Ireland6891:2,678547
Scotland6571:8,1491,199
Chile2081:84,6953,318
Bermuda1841:35540
Ireland1631:28,8892,603
France1441:461,26965,815
Jamaica1371:20,9491,800
Israel1131:75,7319,226
Germany841:958,39866,883
Spain781:599,38528,019
Thailand711:994,906151,495
Singapore681:80,9963,278
Isle of Man651:1,320219
Trinidad and Tobago561:24,3572,692
India511:15,040,498247,985
Jersey461:2,157365
Portugal381:274,16410,086
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Sweden291:339,54323,803
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Panama251:156,4905,002
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
China131:105,178,5825,529
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
South Korea81:6,405,0321,091
British Virgin Islands71:4,513453
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Norway71:734,61250,907
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Sri Lanka21:10,404,28018,448
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malta11:430,2723,380
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5931:7,4701,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England12,7581:1,911255
Wales2291:6,849441
Scotland1251:29,9462,568
Isle of Man201:2,713316
Jersey61:8,6471,503
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,6801:10,7301,406

Burrows (95) may also be a first name.

Burrows 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

(English) One who came from Burrow or Burroughs (from or hill), the names of several villages in England; dweller near a stronghold or fortified place.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A frequent location name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Burrows Last Name Facts

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

The surname Burrows (Marathi: बुरोज) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Burrows? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,204th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 104,996 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Burrows reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Burrows is also the 974,243rd most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 95 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 23,972 people, or 1 in 15,120. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 10 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States Burrows occurs in 103 countries. It also occurs in England, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Burrows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Burrows has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 512 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 512 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 526 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 73 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Burrows Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Burrows surname are 11.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.47% registered with the party.

The amount Burrows earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.95% less than the national average, earning 218,216 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 35.12% more than the national average, earning R 321,108 per year; in United States they earn 2.21% more than the national average, earning $44,101 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning $52,534 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burrowsh9368/
Burrouws9316/
Burrrows9310/
Burrowss933/
Bourrows932/
Beurrows931/
Burrowsj931/
Burrowhs931/
Bhurrows930/
Burows9257/
Borrows86946/
Buhrows865/
Burrofs863/
Burruws862/
Vurrows862/
Burraws861/
Buurows861/
Burrews861/
Bourows860/
Burrowsová821/
Burovs77173/
Borows7733/
Burrouvhs751/
Buirovs711/
Borovs622/
Buravs621/
Borzovs579/
Borhovs572/
Boorowz571/
Buravsova501/

Burrows Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Burrows in the Marathi language
बुरोजburoja-

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Burrows Reference & Research

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