Burian

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Bychan, fern. Bechan (Vaughan etc.)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Burian is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.8K(measured from records)
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 92K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 12K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

2,836 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
86 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BurianLatin(measured from records)
БурианCyrillic(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Bychan, fern. Bechan (Vaughan etc.) Because of its meaning or function, of distinguishing between the father and the son who had the same name, this epithet occurs very frequently, so that in the vast number of 58

Sources 1

  • Welsh Surnames

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Burian counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Burian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#2552,8361 in 3.8K2.8KBurian86
US United States—1,0031 in 332K1KBurian37
RO Romania—≈560 est.≈1 in 38K—Burian7
PL Poland—5071 in 76K258Burian26
UA Ukraine—≈480 est.≈1 in 92K—Burian12
SK Slovakia#6594631 in 12K463Burian33
JO Jordan—≈180 est.≈1 in 61K—Burian2
UY Uruguay—1171 in 29K117Burian15

2,836 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Burian is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Burián

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Italy

    Also written Burián

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Burián

  • Croatian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Slovenia, United Kingdom

    Also written Буриан, Burián

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Romania, United Kingdom, United States

    Also written Burián

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Burian is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Russian, var of Bur'ian.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In Slovak, weed (unwanted plant)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, A tomb; sepulchre.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Karel Burian, b. 1870Vlasta Burian, b. 1891Ewald Burian, b. 1896Emil František Burian, b. 1904Zdeněk Burian, b. 1905Jan Burian, b. 1952Peter Burian, b. 1959Václav Burian, b. 1959Batilda Salha Burian, b. 1965Morten Burian, b. 1974
  • Karel Burianb. 1870CZtenorista
  • Vlasta Burianb. 1891CZCzech actor, comedian, theater manager, playwright, film director, writer and singer, cyclist, soccer player, publicist, entrepreneur, (1891-1962)
  • Ewald Burianb. 1896ROGerman officer and Knight's Cross recipients (1896-1981)
  • Emil František Burianb. 1904CZCzech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, playwright adviser, playwright and director communist (1904–1959)
  • Zdeněk Burianb. 1905CZCzech illustrator, painter and biological illustrator (1905-1981)
  • Jan Burianb. 1952CZCzech presenter, writer and singer
  • Peter Burianb. 1959SKSlovak diplomat
  • Václav Burianb. 1959CZCzech journalist, publicist and translator
  • Batilda Salha Burianb. 1965TZTanzanian politician and diplomat
  • Morten Burianb. 1974DKDanish actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 36 sources across 23 countries.

Official registers attesting Burian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2.8K#372
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—2.8K#372
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—2.8K#372
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001K#23,019
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101K#24,822
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020933#27,373
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)1995463—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026258—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—258#12,864
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026249—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—249#13,093
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—117—

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Burian come from?
Bychan, fern. Bechan (Vaughan etc.) Because of its meaning or function, of distinguishing between the father and the son who had the same name, this epithet occurs very frequently, so that in the vast… Recorded by Welsh Surnames.
What does the name Burian mean?
Recorded meaning: Bychan, fern. Bechan (Vaughan etc.)
In which country does Burian have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2.8 thousand people named Burian, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled burian.
Where is Burian most common?
Burian is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Burian?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,836 people named Burian, about 1 in 3.8 thousand residents.
How common is Burian compared with other names?
In Czechia, Burian is the 255th most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Burian” — the 255th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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