# Bur (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bur/  
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 | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 533 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,909 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 579,260 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (471 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Three possible origins: * Borrowed from French Bur, probably a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Alemannic German Bur (“peasant, farmer”) and Low German Bur (“peasant, farmer”). * Borrowed from Slovak Búr, a surname of unexplained origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bur 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Burr, Burrow, Baur, Bury, Buhr, Burrough, Berry, Bauer, Boyer, Barry, Barr, Bray.

## 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.