as a Last Name
- 161,221
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Burns
Meaning & Origins
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).
| 128th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 161,221
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Burns per capita
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