The BURGOYNE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	2,005	13830	0.001	7
United States (1880 census)	431	10860	0.001	9
Change since 1880	+1574	-2970	0	-2
Other Countries
Australia	445	3568	0.003	27
United Kingdom	1,859	3150	0.004	40

Top States for BURGOYNE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Massachusetts	174	4753	0.003	27
California	133	17734	0.000	4
Minnesota	115	6335	0.002	23
New York	108	17104	0.001	6
Michigan	100	12434	0.001	10
Top States for BURGOYNE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Maine	41	4226	0.003	32
Idaho	41	4423	0.003	32
Massachusetts	174	4753	0.003	27
New Hampshire	32	4998	0.003	26
Utah	57	4440	0.003	26

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BURGOYNE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BURGOYNE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BURGOYNE in Massachusetts than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BURGOYNE by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BURGOYNE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BURGOYNE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BURGOYNE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BURGOYNE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	24	1.2
Mixed Race	20	1
Black/African American	15	0.75
Asian/Pacific	9	0.45
Native American/Alaskan	7	0.35
White (Caucasian)	1,930	96.26

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BURGOYNE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BURGOYNE in historical publications

(origin: Local) From Bourgogne, now Burgundy, an old province of France. A name given to a native of that province.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

BURGOYNE. A native of Burgundy. Tlie date of this family's settlement in England is uncertain. They have a tradition of having been in co. Bedford from temjj. John, (Courthoiie's Debrett's Baronetage) ; but Lysons asserts that tliey did not possess lauds in that shire till about 1465, having resided at a more remote date in CO. Cambridge. If this be so, we must not accept as geuuine a certain rhyming grant, by which John of Gaunt assigns to a member of the familj' the lands of Sutton and Pottou in the former county : —

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to BURGOYNE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BURGOYNE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.