Burkenshaw 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 17

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Burkenshaw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burkenshaw family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 2
Warehousegirl Cuttering 2
Carman 1
Glazier 1
Van Guard 1
Coal Carter 1
Gas Maker For Steel Licence Furnace 1
Table Knife Hafter 1
Brick Layer 1
Cook Not Domestic 1
Domestic Gardener 1
Dress Maker 1
General Labourer 1
Housekeeper Domestic 1
Plasterer's Labourer 1
Woodcutter 1
Electrical Mechanical Engineer 1
Cook Domestic 1
Plasterer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Burkenshaw

Name Census Frequency
Mary Burkenshaw 16
Elizabeth Burkenshaw 15
George Burkenshaw 15
John Burkenshaw 13
Annie Burkenshaw 11
Charles Burkenshaw 11
Joseph Burkenshaw 9
Sarah Burkenshaw 9
Edward Burkenshaw 8
William Burkenshaw 7
Emily Burkenshaw 6
Alice Burkenshaw 5
Eliza Burkenshaw 5
Thomas Burkenshaw 5
Albert Burkenshaw 4
Ann Burkenshaw 4
Edith Burkenshaw 4
Emma Burkenshaw 4
Jane Burkenshaw 4
Margaret Burkenshaw 4
Richard Burkenshaw 4
Willie Burkenshaw 4
Frederick Burkenshaw 3
Hannah Burkenshaw 3
Harriet Burkenshaw 3

Burkenshaw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Burkinshaw 90% 4,698
2 Birkinshaw 80% 3,114
3 Birkenshaw 90% 2,467
4 Berkinshaw 80% 335
5 Burkenshaw 100% 280
6 Berkenshaw 90% 200
7 Brokenshaw 80% 184
8 Barkinshaw 80% 101

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The surname Burkenshaw is the 5th most popular variant of Burkinshaw.

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