Burdon Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 10
Cornwall 21
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 7
Devon 15
Dorset 59
Durham 392
Essex 14
Gloucestershire 22
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 15
Kent 36
Lancashire 115
Leicestershire 14
Lincolnshire 11
London 211
Middlesex 20
Northumberland 45
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 20
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 6
Somerset 39
Surrey 10
Sussex 27
Staffordshire 40
Warwickshire 71
Westmorland 8
Wiltshire 19
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 153

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 17
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Burdon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burdon family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 249
Agricultural Labourer 19
Coal Miner 18
Dress Maker 18
Domestic Servant 17
General Labourer 16
Labourer 12
Cotton Winder 9
Farmer 8
Butcher 8
Tailor 8
Railway Clerk 7
General Servant 7
Laundress 7
Living On Own Means 7
Tailoress 7
Cotton Weaver 7
Painter 6
Blacksmith 6
Cook Domestic Servant 6
Errand Boy 5
Living On Her Own Means 5
Dressmaker 5
General Domestic Servant 5
Bricklayer 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Burdon

Name Census Frequency
Mary Burdon 600
John Burdon 540
William Burdon 527
Elizabeth Burdon 409
Thomas Burdon 343
George Burdon 246
Jane Burdon 232
Sarah Burdon 228
James Burdon 225
Robert Burdon 200
Ann Burdon 192
Henry Burdon 159
Margaret Burdon 156
Charles Burdon 117
Isabella Burdon 115
Hannah Burdon 106
Edward Burdon 104
Joseph Burdon 100
Richard Burdon 98
Annie Burdon 93
Alice Burdon 88
Ellen Burdon 80
Eliza Burdon 77
Arthur Burdon 74
Charlotte Burdon 63

Burdon Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Burden 83% 26,226
2 Barden 67% 11,227
3 Burdon 100% 8,231
4 Breedon 57% 2,912
5 Briden 50% 2,088
6 Braden 50% 2,076
7 Beardon 71% 1,836
8 Borden 67% 1,451
9 Breeden 43% 1,363
10 Bardon 83% 1,006
11 Breden 50% 973
12 Aberdeen 50% 850
13 Bourdon 86% 778
14 Bardin 67% 581
15 Burdin 83% 505
16 Breaden 43% 501
17 Bridon 67% 474
18 Bredon 67% 453
19 Bradon 67% 336
20 Bearden 57% 289
21 Braiden 43% 282
22 Bredin 50% 240
23 Birden 67% 229
24 Brudon 67% 196
25 Bordon 83% 191
26 Boarden 57% 190
27 Bruden 50% 184
28 Broden 50% 172
29 Bourden 71% 138
30 Aberdein 50% 132
31 Breadon 57% 131
32 Berden 67% 109

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The surname Burdon is the 3rd most popular variant of Burden.

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