Burgh

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: from one of the many places named Burgh; first attested Ailricus de Burg 1066 DB (Sf)

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

/bɝɡ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Burgh is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

300 people, 2010

Sources
21 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from one of the many places named Burgh; first attested Ailricus de Burg 1066 DB (Sf)

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

How Burgh is read(measured from records)

Burgh is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English75%

    from one of the many places named Burgh; first attested Ailricus de Burg 1066 DB (Sf)

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

    a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).

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

  • Dutch12%

    a former village and former municipality of Zeeland, Netherlands

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

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Burgh 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 Burgh is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3001 in 1.1M364Burgh13
DE Germany———Burgh21
NL Netherlands———Burgh8
GB United Kingdom———Burgh4
ZA South Africa———Burgh3

300 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Edmund Burke, b. 1729Tom Burke, b. 1875Billie Burke, b. 1884Margaret Bourke-White, b. 1904Alfred Burke, b. 1918Mary Robinson, b. 1944Robert John Burke, b. 1960Billy Burke, b. 1966Tarana Burke, b. 1973Tom Burke, b. 1981
  • Edmund Burkeb. 1729IEnot in their usual nameAnglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)
  • Tom Burkeb. 1875USnot in their usual nameAmerican sprinter
  • Billie Burkeb. 1884USnot in their usual nameAmerican stage and film actress (1884-1970)
  • Margaret Bourke-Whiteb. 1904USnot in their usual nameAmerican photographer (1904-1971)
  • Alfred Burkeb. 1918GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actor (1918–2011)
  • Mary Robinsonb. 1944IEnot in their usual nameformer President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Robert John Burkeb. 1960USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
  • Billy Burkeb. 1966USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor, musician
  • Tarana Burkeb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican civil rights activist
  • Tom Burkeb. 1981GBnot in their usual nameBritish 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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Burgh
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000364#53,299
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020360#60,433
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010300#65,964
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Burgh mean, and where does it come from?
from one of the many places named Burgh; first attested Ailricus de Burg 1066 DB (Sf) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
How do you pronounce Burgh?
A machine transcription gives /bɝɡ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Burgh have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 300 people named Burgh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled burgh.
Where is Burgh most common?
Burgh is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Burgh?
In the United States, the national register counted 300 people named Burgh in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.

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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, “Burgh”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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