Burdett is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Burdett
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Hugh Burdet, and Robert Burdet, occur as tenants in Domesday. The former, who was ancestor of the baronets of Bramcote, was settled in county of Leicester. The baronets of Burthwaite seem to be of another family, and bear different arms. The origin of the name is unknown; that it is not local is shown by the non-existence of the territorial De in the earliest records.

Surname Burdett is variation of the Burdick. Descendant of little Bords meaning "shield"; one who came from Bourdic, the name of two places in France.

Descendant of Bordet meaning "little shield"; dweller near the border; dweller on a rented farm; descendant of little Bords meaning "shield"; one who came from Bourdic, the name of two places in France.

Burdett is form of the Bordet. The same as Burdett - Hugh Burdet, and Robert Burdet, occur as tenants in Domesday. The former, who was ancestor of the baronets of Bramcote, was settled in county of Leicester. The baronets of Burthwaite seem to be of another family, and bear different arms. The origin of the name is unknown; that it is not local is shown by the non-existence of the territorial De in the earliest records.

How popular is Burdett?

Burdett is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Wales.

Burdett is ranked 42878 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Burdett bearers increased by 3.42 per cent in 2010 US census to 3868 since 2000, the surname slipped by 352 spots and ranked at 8512. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.86 89.01
Black 5.02 5.96
Burdett is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while England is ahead in terms of density. Around 12151 person has been found who wears Burdett as their family name. Burdett is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Burdett:
7,769 United States5,442
1,986 England4,137
3,631 Australia1,012
Countries with hundreds of Burdett:
5,782 Canada777
3,301 New Zealand241
34,295 South Africa141
2,998 Wales106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,964 Scotland52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,328 Ecuador36
6,387 Ireland35
46,943 Zimbabwe25
58,585 Spain19
336,594 Thailand17
18,211 Singapore13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
221,039 Philippines9
11,625 Northern Ireland7
440,995 Brazil7
336,266 France7
5,127 Honduras7
101,176 Netherlands6

Burdett Namesakes

  • John Burdett, British crime novelist
  • Samuel Swinfin Burdett, U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • Francis Burdett, English reformist politician, the son of Francis Burdett and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Jones of Ramsbury manor
  • Winston Burdett, American broadcast journalist and correspondent for the CBS Radio Network during World War II and later for CBS television news

Burdett Namesakes

  • John Burdett, British crime novelist
  • Samuel Swinfin Burdett, U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • Francis Burdett, English reformist politician, the son of Francis Burdett and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Jones of Ramsbury manor
  • Winston Burdett, American broadcast journalist and correspondent for the CBS Radio Network during World War II and later for CBS television news

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