How common is the surname Burnside?

8,859 people in the United States had the surname Burnside in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,851 Americans. It ranked 4,009th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Burnside?

Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician (1824–1881), followed by Adrian Burnside.

Where is the surname Burnside most common?

Wikidata records people named Burnside in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Burnside getting more or less common?

More common. 8,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,859 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Burnside

A place surname, carried by 8,859 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burnside is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

From burn (“stream”) + side.

Burnside is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,859 people named Burnside in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,851 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,470.

#4,009

rank among US surnames

8,859

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,854)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,006	Loy	8,868	34,816
#4,007	Marte	8,867	34,820
#4,008	Rodarte	8,860	34,847
#4,009	Burnside	8,859	34,851

Who is named Burnside

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

69% of people named Burnside identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burnsides

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ambrose Burnside
American general and politician (1824–1881)
Adrian Burnside
Australian baseball player, born 1977

Notable Burnsides come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Burnside

Burnside has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Questions

Where does the surname Burnside come from?: From burn (“stream”) + side.
How common is the surname Burnside?: 8,859 people in the United States had the surname Burnside in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,851 Americans. It ranked 4,009th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burnside?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Burnside identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Burnside?: Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician (1824–1881), followed by Adrian Burnside.
Where is the surname Burnside most common?: Wikidata records people named Burnside in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Burnside?: Burnside is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Burnside getting more or less common?: More common. 8,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,859 in 2010, up 4.6%.