Burn is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Burn
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Lastname is variation of Burnes. Known variations of the same name, which however may have several origins. Sometimes it appears to be equivalent to Bourne, and in the North a small stream is still called a burn. In Saxon times, however, it seems to have been a personal name, whence Burneston, Burnes dale, and such - like local names. In the time of Edward the Confessor, Godric de Burnes was a great landholder in Kent, and his posterity continued in that county of for seyeral centuries. In Scotland the name appears in early records, under such various forms as to baffle the most astute genealogist in any attempt to deduce a clear pedigree. It is, however, within recent generations that the near kinsmen of Robert Burns have varied that name to Burnes and Burness.

Surname Burn is variation of the Burns. Dweller at a brook.

Known variations of the same name, which however may have several origins. Sometimes it appears to be equivalent to Bourne, and in the North a small stream is still called a burn. In Saxon times, however, it seems to have been a personal name, whence Burneston, Burnes dale, and such - like local names. In the time of Edward the Confessor, Godric de Burnes was a great landholder in Kent, and his posterity continued in that county of for seyeral centuries. In Scotland the name appears in early records, under such various forms as to baffle the most astute genealogist in any attempt to deduce a clear pedigree. It is, however, within recent generations that the near kinsmen of Robert Burns have varied that name to Burnes and Burness.

How popular is Burn?

Burn is common in England, United States, Australia, Yemen, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Scotland, Switzerland, Russia, France, Wales, Iran.

Burn is ranked 38830 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Burns plummeted by 14.71 per cent to 1281 since 2000 and slipped by 3313 spots and ranked at 20664. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.22 84.62
Black 8.35 9.25
Hispanic or Latino 4.37 2.4
Others 2.03 2.6
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.48 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.55 0
Burn is quite popular family name mostly used in England however Belize is ahead in terms of density. Around 13558 people have been found who wears Burn as their family name. Burn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Burn:
1,420 England5,792
17,078 United States2,148
2,217 Australia1,720
Countries with hundreds of Burn:
3,635 Yemen614
1,711 New Zealand460
9,038 Canada455
16,160 South Africa386
1,944 Scotland344
4,455 Switzerland279
48,073 Russia273
76,560 France117
2,827 Wales113
37,363 Iran107
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,474 Northern Ireland89
978 Belize61
224,716 India60
4,447 Singapore51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,828 Malaysia41
6,102 Ireland38
117,794 Germany36
1,162 Guinea33
19,302 United Arab Emirates33
153,425 Philippines27
40,412 Belarus24
289,518 Thailand24
61,567 Spain17
25,792 Denmark15
52,204 Sweden14
75,349 Kazakhstan12
6,554 China11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
350,626 Brazil10
72,658 Pakistan9
32,693 Peru8
1,436 Antigua and Barbuda6
555,748 Indonesia6
121,657 Italy6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Owen Burn from Ireland aboard the Ottowa from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on May 12, 1846. Mary Burn, aged 20, Thomas Burn (26) Tailoress, Thomas Burn (20) , Farmer Margaret Burn, 22 years old Frank Burn, Paul Burn, aged 23, Rosey Burn, Dorothea Burn, and 306 other Burn around 56.21% of whom were workman while others worked as tailoress and farmer, spinster, shoemaker, weaver, clerk, matron, mechanic migrated to US.

From Germany

Jacob Burn from Germany aboard the Dragon from Antwerp on April 19, 1854. He is registered to be 3 years old when he arrived in USA. Laborer Johanna Burn, Marie Burn, aged 29, Farmer Joseph Burn, Albert Burn (7) Farmer, Farmer Carl Burn, Carl Burn (41) Tailor, Charlotte Burn, aged 48, Farmer Gustav Burn, and 19 other Burn around 52.38% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Antwerp, Havre & London and Bremen.

Burn Namesakes

  • William Burn, Scottish architect
  • Richard Burn, English legal writer
  • Harry T. Burn, Harry Thomas Burn, Sr
  • Gordon Burn, English writer
  • David Burn, Tasmanian pioneer and dramatist
  • Thomas Burn, England amateur footballer and played at the 1912 Summer Olympics
  • Heaven Shall Burn, German extreme metal band from Saalfeld
  • Slo Burn, stoner rock band whose popularity peaked
  • Doris Burn, American children's book author and illustrator
  • Amos Burn, English chess player
  • As Cities Burn, American post-hardcore band from Mandeville
  • Kenneth Burn, Australian cricketer
  • Karma to Burn, desert rock/stoner rock band
  • Malcolm Burn, Canadian-born music producer
  • Edmund Burn, Canadian cricketer
  • Micky Burn, English journalist, commando, writer and poet

Burn Namesakes

  • William Burn, Scottish architect
  • Richard Burn, English legal writer
  • Harry T. Burn, Harry Thomas Burn, Sr
  • Gordon Burn, English writer
  • David Burn, Tasmanian pioneer and dramatist
  • Thomas Burn, England amateur footballer and played at the 1912 Summer Olympics
  • Heaven Shall Burn, German extreme metal band from Saalfeld
  • Slo Burn, stoner rock band whose popularity peaked
  • Doris Burn, American children's book author and illustrator
  • Amos Burn, English chess player
  • As Cities Burn, American post-hardcore band from Mandeville
  • Kenneth Burn, Australian cricketer
  • Karma to Burn, desert rock/stoner rock band
  • Malcolm Burn, Canadian-born music producer
  • Edmund Burn, Canadian cricketer
  • Micky Burn, English journalist, commando, writer and poet

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