# Burden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burden/  
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) | 13,028 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,770 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,699 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.9% (12,299 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burden 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

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

## People named Burden

- Chris Burden, American sculptor and performance artist (1946–2015)
- Doug Burden, American rower
- Luther Burden, American basketball player (1953-2015)
- Hugh Burden, British actor (1913-1985)

## Similar surnames

Burton, Borden, Braden, Bearden, Barden, Burdine, Bourdon, Bryden, Broaden, Bredin, Barton, Britton.

## 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.