# Burrough (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burrough/  
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) | 1,192 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,811 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 259,015 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (1,196 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, variant of Burrow.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burrough 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Burrough in the United States.

## People named Burrough

- Junior Burrough, American basketball player (born 1973)

## Similar surnames

Burr, Burrow, Brough, Bur, Burch, Burris, Burroughs, Burrows, Burge, Bürg, Burrus, Bourg.

## 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.