Burniston

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Brȳning + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Burniston (countable and uncountable, plural Burnistons)

1. A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0193).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Burniston is the 106570^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 167 individuals. Burniston is most common among White (94.61%) individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

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