# Burston (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burston/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 744 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,184 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 414,981 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (654 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * The hamlet in Buckinghamshire is named with the Old English personal name *Briddel + þorn (“thornbush”). * The village in Norfolk is named with Old English byrst (“burst, crack in the earth, landslip”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Staffordshire is named with an unclear Old English personal name, perhaps Burgwine or Burgwulf, + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burston 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) | 17% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Burstein, Braxton, Bristol, Bristow, Brust, Burket, Barstow, Broxton, Bright, Brewster, Burkett, Broughton.

## 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.