as a Last Name
- 21,578
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Burrell
Meaning & Origins
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold coarse woolen cloth, Middle English burel or borel (from Old French burel, a diminutive of b(o)ure); the same word was used adjectively in the sense ‘reddish brown’ and may have been applied as a nickname referring to dress or complexion. Compare Borel.
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 21,578
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Burrell per capita
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