Burow is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.
Burow is the form of Burroughs. See Burgh - A component syllable in many local surnames. It also stands alone, and may be derived from one or more of the various places so called in Cumberland, Suffolk Norfolk, and Lincoln. It is the Anglo-Saxon burh, bureh, byrig, a word common to most German dialects, and somewhat resembling the Gr. Túpyos, turris. This is subject matter for a longthened dissertation, had we space for it, but it will be sufficient for the present purpose to observe, that its meaning appears to be that which Richardson assigns, viz.— "a place of defence or security," whether that place be a walled town, a mountain, or the place in which the "conies," though but a "feeble folk," fortify themselves. Imperial Petersburgh, royal Edinboro', and a rabbit's Burrow, have therefore a community of origin and of name. The word occurs very largely in local no menclature, sometimes as a prefix or termination, and sometimes in the middle of a name, and in variously modified forms, as burg, bur, ber, berk, borough, brough, berry, barron, bury, etc.
The is the variation of the Burris. Dweller near a stronghold or fortified place; a corruption of Burrows meaning "fort or hill".
The form of Burrows. One who came from Burrow or Burroughs, i.e., fort or hill, the names of several villages in England; dweller near a stronghold or fortified place.
How popular is Burow?
Burow is common in Germany, United States, Somalia, Australia.
Burow is ranked 93953 on our list.
As per 2010 US census, number of Burows plummeted by 2.8 per cent to 765 since 2000 and slipped by 1987 spots and ranked at 30509. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
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White | 91.63 | 92.25 |
Others | 3.01 | 2.41 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1.7 | 2.03 |
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Immigrants to US
From Germany
Ernstine Burow worked as spinster and hailed from Prussia. 22 years old embarked for Wisconsin from Hamburg on Louis Napoleon and arrived on June 3, 1856. 27 years old Gottfried Burow, Wilhelm Burow, aged 19, Dorothea Burow (33), Daughter Elizabeth Burow, F.W. Burow (34) Laborer, Daughter Wilhelmine Burow, Farmer Christian Burow, Farmer Friderica Burow, and 215 other Burow around 42.71% of whom were farmer while others worked as daughter and servant, shoemaker, milliner, merchant migrated to US.