Burnham is used as a family name or surname in England and Cornish-British. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Burnham
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England and Cornish-British
Meaning: Derived from Burnham, a town in Norfolk, also in Essex, England. In the old English, Bourn or Burn, signifies a river and ham, a village or town so the village by the river. In Cornish-British, Bourn, bern and burn means a hill or a heap while Burnham means the house or town on the rising ground

How popular is Burnham?

Burnham is common in United States.

Burnham is ranked 18645 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Burnham bearers increased by 3.111315 per cent in 2010 US census to 15775 since 2000, the surname slipped by 136 spots and ranked at 2315. The last name was found in around 54 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.95 92.73
Black 3.94 3.43
Hispanic or Latino 2.14 1.5
Others 1.79 1.22
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.64
Burnham is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Kitts and Nevis is ahead in terms of density. Around 27945 people have been found who wears Burnham as their family name. Burnham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,206 Trinidad and Tobago8
7,113 Costa Rica5
103,755 Czech Republic5
720,003 Russia4
1,817 Marshall Islands3
993 Guernsey2
19,046 Ireland2
13,552 Qatar2
34,681 Norway2
20,595 China2
6,266 Luxembourg2
1,500,361 India2
31,767 Greece2
10,190 Bahrain1
7,191 Afghanistan1
798 Anguilla1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
25,721 Egypt1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
120,357 Argentina1
492,292 Ukraine1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
40,340 Malaysia1
169,904 Brazil1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
2,374 Bermuda1
1,879 Belize1
21,562 Portugal1
2,057 Isle of Man1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
17,768 Pakistan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
28,564 Switzerland36
241 Saint Kitts and Nevis34
587 Guam32
43,662 Belgium30
3,104 Guyana28
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
499 Barbados85
12,775 Israel82
3,494 Panama82
4,622 Wales79
33,773 Spain69
10,776 New Zealand62
Countries with hundreds of Burnham:
3,923 Australia774
21,418 Philippines644
13,663 South Africa457
4,337 Ecuador207
50,564 France196
3,417 Scotland184
71,225 Germany134
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Burnham:
2,202 England3,635
3,775 Canada1,226
Countries with ten thousands of Burnham:
2,052 United States19,637
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Burnham worked as servant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Switzerland and arrived on April 29, 1850.

Burnham Namesakes

  • Bo Burnham, Comedian
  • Ally Burnham, Actor
  • Howard Burnham, Frederick Russell Burnham's brother
  • Jeremy Burnham, Television actor
  • Chris Burnham, Comic Book Creator
  • Andy Burnham, Former Shadow Secretary of State for Education
  • George Burnham, Politician
  • Asa Allworth Burnham, Political figure
  • Jennifer Burnham, Actress
  • Bo Burnham, Comedian

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