Burston
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Burston (countable and uncountable, plural Burstons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A hamlet in Aston Abbotts parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8318).
- A village in Burston and Shimpling parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1383).
- A village in Sandon and Burston parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9430). [1]
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Burston is the 31184th 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.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Burston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 258.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Buckinghamshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Buckinghamshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Norfolk, England
- en:Places in Norfolk, England
- en:Villages in Staffordshire, England
- en:Places in Staffordshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English