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Burns

in the US

There are 131,866 people with the last name "Burns" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Burns 124
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  1. is 120th most common Reyes
  2. is 121st most common Kennedy
  3. is 122nd most common Wells
  4. is 123rd most common Owens
  5. is 124th most common Burns
  6. is 125th most common Woods
  7. is 126th most common Morales
  8. is 127th most common Kim
  9. is 128th most common Webb

Similar Names and Nicknames

Barnes, Burnett, Burnham, Burnette, Burney, Burnside, Byrnes, Burnell, Burnes, Burner

Most Common First Names for Burns

Robert, James, John, Michael, William, David, Thomas, Richard, Mary, Charles

Meaning & History

Scottish and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream or streams, from the Middle English nominative plural or genitive singular of burn (see Bourne).

Scottish: variant of Burnhouse, habitational name from a place named with burn ‘stream’ + house ‘house’.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin (see Byrne).

Jewish (American): Americanized and shortened form of Bernstein.

Recent Searches for "Burns" in the US

Since June 2009
53,562

Most Popular Search

Robert Burns (997 searches)
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