O'Burns Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

O'Burns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Burns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

O'Burns Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Burns Come From? nationality or country of origin

O'Burns is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of O'Burns.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Burns? popularity and diffusion

O'Burns is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname O'Burns is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of O'Burns are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name O'Burns is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States O'Burns is mostly found in: Virginia, where 67 percent are found and District of Columbia, where 33 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 33 percent are found and England, where 17 percent are found.

O'Burns Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of O'Burns has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 O'Burns
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