Last Name BURDEN

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Meaning Local: Of Burdon. There are two townships of this name in county Durham, which have given their title to a local family.
Lower says this name is probably a corruption of 'bourdon,' a pilgrim's staff, - a very appropriate sign for a wayside hostelry. It may be local, derived from 'Bour,' a house (from the Saxon 'bure,' a bed-chamber), and 'den,' a valley - the house in the valley.
Origin English, Irish, Anglo-saxon, South african, Guam

Rank 2,694 (2000 US census) 2,327 (1990 US census)
Count 12,299 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 69.48%, or 8545 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 26.55%, or 3265 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.39%, or 48 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.76%, or 93 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.43%, or 176 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.39%, or 171 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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