# Burn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burn/  
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) | 1,281 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,664 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 241,019 people |
| Change since 2000 | -14.7% (1,502 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* The surname is of English origin, variant of Bourne. * The placename in Yorkshire is likely related to the suffix -burn, found in placenames such as Woodburn, Glusburn, etc., from burn (“stream”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burn 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Burn in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Ukraine.

## People named Burn

- Amos Burn, British chess player (1848-1925)
- Natalie Burn, American actress, film producer, screenwriter, dancer and singer

## Similar surnames

Bruno, Bourne, Burney, Born, Brune, Bruhn, Brun, Bruni, Bourn, Bran, Brunn, 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.