Burnell is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Burnell
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Burnell

How popular is Burnell?

Burnell is common in Australia.

Burnell is ranked 44887 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Burnell bearers increased by 7.763158 per cent in 2010 US census to 4095 since 2000, the surname slipped by 48 spots and ranked at 8097. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.49 81.89
Black 14.7 14.05
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.39
Others 2.25 1.55
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.78 0.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.39
Burnell is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 10743 people have been found who wears Burnell as their family name. Burnell is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
746,494 India7
10,542 China4
4,384 Northern Ireland3
21,529 Singapore2
14,004 Hungary2
5,936 Bahrain2
1,834 Malta2
31,767 Greece2
1,818 Guernsey1
34,581 Chile1
53,033 Nigeria1
799 British Virgin Islands1
2,374 Bermuda1
16,640 Hong Kong1
66,560 Philippines1
153,416 Italy1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
49,529 Israel1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
29,046 Japan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
492,292 Ukraine1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
62,494 Netherlands22
73,929 Spain21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
Countries with hundreds of Burnell:
6,752 Canada627
11,889 South Africa530
973 Wales406
4,611 New Zealand166
3,314 Ireland120
5,046 Scotland112
Countries with thousands of Burnell:
7,973 United States4,702
2,812 England2,775
3,037 Australia1,014
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Burnell was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 21, 1850. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Charles Richard from Limerick. Ann Burnell (20) Workwoman, T. Burnell (42) Farmer, James Burnell, aged 26, Ellen Burnell (11), Immigrant Hy. Burnell, are other Burnell that migrated to US from Belfast, Liverpool and Galway.

Burnell Namesakes

  • Rory Acton Burnell, Actor
  • Justin Burnell, Coach
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Astronomer
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Astronomer
  • Cerrie Burnell, Actress
  • Dickie Burnell, Olympic athlete
  • Joe Burnell, Soccer player
  • Justin Burnell, Coach
  • Charles Burnell, Olympic athlete
  • Mark Burnell, Author

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