Bur surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bur surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 533 people carried this name — #40,909 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 13% from 471 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 590 people named Bur.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Moselle 217
Bas-Rhin 165
Paris 39
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 36
Gironde 16
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Côte-d’Or 14
Marne 10

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

289 people named Bur live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Solothurn 116
Bern 56
Aargau 26
Basel-Landschaft 17
St. Gallen 16
Zurich 13
Lucerne 10
Ticino 10

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 273 people named Bur live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 156
Buenos Aires Province 67
Córdoba 20
Santa Fe 20
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Bur,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dominique Bur
    Dominique Bur 1947– · official
  • Paul Bur 1875–1957 · politician
  • Márta Bur 1929–2012 · historian
  • Márta Bur 1929–2012 · historian
  • Michel Bur 1933– · historian
  • Hubert Bur 1944– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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