Distribution of the name 'Burns'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Burns' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Burns'
In the UK there are 9,805 phone book entries with the surname Burns and approximately 42,700 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Burns is the 153. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Central: 1,438.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Strathclyde (608), Greater Manchester (595), Greater London (521), Lancashire (495), Merseyside (394), County Antrim (379), Lothian (361), West Yorkshire (349), as well as West Midlands (334).
The following surnames sound like Burns: Barnes, Branch, Bryans, Bowring, Bromage, Bearings, Bromwich, Burness, Bowering, Burnage, Barns, Byrnes, Browns, Barnshaw, Behrens, Branagh, Braines, Barnish, Brewing, Bearing, Barons, Baring, Brench, Brims, Brines, Baranowski, Brannick, Brynes, Barrons, Brink.
The distribution of the name 'Burns' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Burns in the counties
| Central - The surname Burns is is the 58. most common name - 1,438 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Burns is is the 63. most common name - 608 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Burns is is the 82. most common name - 595 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Burns is is the 259. most common name - 521 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Burns is is the 207. most common name - 495 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Burns is is the 65. most common name - 394 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Burns is is the 21. most common name - 379 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Burns is is the 97. most common name - 361 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Burns is is the 400. most common name - 349 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Burns is is the 244. most common name - 334 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Burns is the 84. most common name - 328 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Burns is the 122. most common name - 234 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Burns is the 74. most common name - 184 persons |
| Fife - The surname Burns is the 152. most common name - 178 persons |
| Essex - The surname Burns is the 272. most common name - 169 persons |
| Kent - The surname Burns is the 384. most common name - 164 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Burns is the 348. most common name - 163 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Burns is the 230. most common name - 157 persons |
| County Down - The surname Burns is the 44. most common name - 151 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Burns is the 149. most common name - 148 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Burns is the 397. most common name - 135 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Burns is the 446. most common name - 115 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Burns is the 317. most common name - 113 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Burns is the 177. most common name - 108 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Burns is the 306. most common name - 102 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Burns is the 357. most common name - 99 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Burns is the 407. most common name - 99 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Burns is the 487. most common name - 97 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Burns is the 377. most common name - 89 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Burns is the 467. most common name - 87 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Burns is is the 78. most common name - 80 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Burns is is the 280. most common name - 77 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Burns is is the 525. most common name - 66 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Burns is is the 372. most common name - 63 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Burns is is the 426. most common name - 61 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Burns is is the 524. most common name - 61 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Burns is is the 482. most common name - 58 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Burns is is the 254. most common name - 56 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Burns is is the 439. most common name - 54 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Burns is is the 331. most common name - 53 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Burns is is the 353. most common name - 52 persons |
| Devon - The surname Burns is is the 632. most common name - 51 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Burns is is the 619. most common name - 51 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Burns is is the 564. most common name - 49 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Burns is is the 341. most common name - 47 persons |
| Durham - The surname Burns is is the 379. most common name - 45 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Burns is is the 34. most common name - 44 persons |
| Highland - The surname Burns is is the 171. most common name - 40 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Burns is is the 83. most common name - 36 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Burns is is the 501. most common name - 36 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Burns is is the 546. most common name - 35 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Burns is is the 367. most common name - 34 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Burns is is the 487. most common name - 33 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Burns is is the 715. most common name - 29 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Burns is is the 365. most common name - 28 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Burns is is the 160. most common name - 28 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Burns is is the 667. most common name - 26 persons |
| Borders - The surname Burns is is the 138. most common name - 22 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Burns is is the 240. most common name - 16 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Burns is is the 509. most common name - 14 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Burns is is the 589. most common name - 13 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Burns is is the 133. most common name - 13 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Burns is is the 569. most common name - 10 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Burns is is the 497. most common name - 8 persons |
| Powys - The surname Burns is is the 701. most common name - 6 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Burns is is the 99. most common name - 6 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Burns is is the 2680. most common name - 3 persons |
| Avon - The surname Burns is is the 1014. most common name - 3 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Burns is is the 1113. most common name - 2 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Burns is is the 1595. most common name - 1 person |
| Western Isles - The surname Burns is is the 638. most common name - 1 person |
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