# Bourne (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bourne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,270 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,823 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,306 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (8,884 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /boɹn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The placename and English surname are derived from Old English burna (“stream”), whence also the common noun bourne (“stream”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bourne in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bourne in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Bourne

- Matthew Bourne, British ballet and dance choreographer
- Francis Bourne, British Catholic cardinal (1861–1934)
- Stephen R. Bourne, British computer scientist
- Randolph Bourne, American writer
- Whitney Bourne, actress from the United States (1914-1988)
- Jonathan Bourne Jr., American politician (1855-1940)

## Similar surnames

Byrne, Browne, Barone, Burney, Boren, Born, Borne, Brune, Brun, Bourn, Burn, Bruen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.