How common is the surname Burnworth?

1,072 people in the United States had the surname Burnworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Burnworth getting more or less common?

More common. 1,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Burnworth

An English place surname, carried by 1,072 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burnworth is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from the hamlet of Burnworthy, in Somerset, named with the Old English personal name Beorna + worþ (“enclosure”).

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,072 people named Burnworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,058.

#23,647

rank among US surnames

1,072

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #22,670)

Who is named Burnworth

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

98% of people named Burnworth identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Two or more races 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Burnsworth

Surnames that sound like Burnworth

Burner

Burnworth has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Burnworth come from?: Habitational surname from the hamlet of Burnworthy, in Somerset, named with the Old English personal name Beorna + worþ (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Burnworth?: 1,072 people in the United States had the surname Burnworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burnworth?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Burnworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as two or more races.
What type of surname is Burnworth?: Burnworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Burnworth getting more or less common?: More common. 1,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, up 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Burnworth?: Burnsworth.