Burnworth

English

Alternative forms

• Burnsworth

Etymology

Habitational surname from the hamlet of Burnworthy, in Somerset, named with the Old English personal name Beorna + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Burnworth (plural Burnworths)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Burnworth is the 23647^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1072 individuals. Burnworth is most common among White (98.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Burnworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 257.