# Burbidge (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burbidge/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 664 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,185 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 464,978 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (580 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Burbage.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burbidge 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Burbidge in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Burbidge

- Margaret Burbidge, British-born American astronomer (1919–2020)
- Geoffrey Burbidge, British astronomer (1925–2010)
- Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator (1912–1977)
- Michael Francis Burbidge, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century English explorer and botanist (1847-1905)

## Similar surnames

Burbage, Barefoot, Barbato.

## 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.