Burrows Surname
Approximately 69,408 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameBurrows Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,972 | 1:15,120 | 1,903 |
| England | 23,566 | 1:2,364 | 300 |
| Australia | 7,264 | 1:3,716 | 533 |
| Canada | 4,169 | 1:8,838 | 1,320 |
| Bahamas | 3,270 | 1:120 | 21 |
| New Zealand | 1,541 | 1:2,939 | 439 |
| Wales | 1,173 | 1:2,638 | 291 |
| South Africa | 1,166 | 1:46,465 | 5,929 |
| Northern Ireland | 689 | 1:2,678 | 547 |
| Scotland | 657 | 1:8,149 | 1,199 |
| Chile | 208 | 1:84,695 | 3,318 |
| Bermuda | 184 | 1:355 | 40 |
| Ireland | 163 | 1:28,889 | 2,603 |
| France | 144 | 1:461,269 | 65,815 |
| Jamaica | 137 | 1:20,949 | 1,800 |
| Israel | 113 | 1:75,731 | 9,226 |
| Germany | 84 | 1:958,398 | 66,883 |
| Spain | 78 | 1:599,385 | 28,019 |
| Thailand | 71 | 1:994,906 | 151,495 |
| Singapore | 68 | 1:80,996 | 3,278 |
| Isle of Man | 65 | 1:1,320 | 219 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 56 | 1:24,357 | 2,692 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Jersey | 46 | 1:2,157 | 365 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Panama | 25 | 1:156,490 | 5,002 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1:10,404,280 | 18,448 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 593 | 1:7,470 | 1,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12,758 | 1:1,911 | 255 |
| Wales | 229 | 1:6,849 | 441 |
| Scotland | 125 | 1:29,946 | 2,568 |
| Isle of Man | 20 | 1:2,713 | 316 |
| Jersey | 6 | 1:8,647 | 1,503 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,680 | 1:10,730 | 1,406 |
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.
Genit., or pl., of Burrough or Burrow = Borough, q.v.
(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.
A frequent location name.
Burrows Demographics
Average Burrows Salary in
United States
$44,101 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrowsh | 93 | 68 | / |
| Burrouws | 93 | 16 | / |
| Burrrows | 93 | 10 | / |
| Burrowss | 93 | 3 | / |
| Bourrows | 93 | 2 | / |
| Beurrows | 93 | 1 | / |
| Burrowsj | 93 | 1 | / |
| Burrowhs | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bhurrows | 93 | 0 | / |
| Burows | 92 | 57 | / |
| Borrows | 86 | 946 | / |
| Buhrows | 86 | 5 | / |
| Burrofs | 86 | 3 | / |
| Burruws | 86 | 2 | / |
| Vurrows | 86 | 2 | / |
| Burraws | 86 | 1 | / |
| Buurows | 86 | 1 | / |
| Burrews | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bourows | 86 | 0 | / |
| Burrowsová | 82 | 1 | / |
| Burovs | 77 | 173 | / |
| Borows | 77 | 33 | / |
| Burrouvhs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buirovs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Borovs | 62 | 2 | / |
| Buravs | 62 | 1 | / |
| Borzovs | 57 | 9 | / |
| Borhovs | 57 | 2 | / |
| Boorowz | 57 | 1 | / |
| Buravsova | 50 | 1 | / |
Burrows Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Burrows in the Marathi language | ||
| बुरोज | buroja | - |
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