Bursten Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Bursten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bursten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States971:3,736,690206,520
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Bürsten (7) are calculated separately.

Bursten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bursten is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bürsten. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bursten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,658,108th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname Bursten occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Bursten reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Bursten is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 3,736,690. In The United States Bursten is most common in: Georgia, where 16 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Colorado, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States Bursten exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 11 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.

Bursten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bursten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bursten surname increased 1,617 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bursten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bursten surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the political party.

The amount Bursten earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 46.59% more than the national average, earning $63,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.44% less than the national average, earning $31,082 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bürsten957/
Burshten9321/
Bursteen9316/
Buersten937/
Burstien937/
Burshtien881/
Bursztien881/
Wursten86661/
Burstyn86533/
Burstin86424/
Borsten86343/
Burstem861/
Burshtyn80820/
Bursztyn80756/
Burstion8057/
Wurstten8038/
Burshtin8021/
Bursztin8011/
Bourstin8010/
Borstien801/
Borshten801/
Bourstyn801/
Bursztnn801/
Bursdtyn801/
Wurstend800/
Wursteng800/
Vuursteen7572/
Burschtin7520/
Burshtina755/
Burshtyna752/
Bursztyna751/
Würsten71434/
Vorsten7127/
Burztyn719/
Borstyn718/
Borstin711/
Worsten710/
Boorstin6759/
Boorstyn6719/
Borsztyn671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bursten
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