Burston

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• The hamlet in Buckinghamshire is named with the Old English personal name Briddel + þorn (“thornbush”).
• The village in Norfolk is named with Old English byrst (“burst, crack in the earth, landslip”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
• The village in Staffordshire is named with an unclear Old English personal name, perhaps Burgwine or Burgwulf, + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Burston (countable and uncountable, plural Burstons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A hamlet in Aston Abbotts parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8318).
   2. A village in Burston and Shimpling parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1383).
   3. A village in Sandon and Burston parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9430).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Burston and Shimpling
• Sandon and Burston

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Burston is the 31184^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 744 individuals. Burston is most common among Black/African American (78.63%) and White (16.8%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Burston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 258.

Anagrams

• brunost, burtons