Burniston
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Old English personal name Brȳning + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Burniston (countable and uncountable, plural Burnistons)
- A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0193).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Burniston is the 106570th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 167 individuals. Burniston is most common among White (94.61%) individuals.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Burniston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 257.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English