The Burbank surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,240 people carried this name — #6,480 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. That is up 11% from 4,739 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Burbank surname

"The bur-covered riverbank", from bur + bank.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Burbank» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

77 families named Burbank, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 441 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 29
New Hampshire 24
Maine 10
Vermont 6
New York 5
Connecticut 3

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 232 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Burbank in American newspapers,
1903–1911.

Newspaper page from The Ocala Banner carrying the name Burbank
The Ocala Banner 1911-08-04
Newspaper page from The Ocala Banner carrying the name Burbank
The Ocala Banner 1911-01-06
Newspaper page from The Anderson Intelligencer carrying the name Burbank
The Anderson Intelligencer 1903-08-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Burbank in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

5,357 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Burbank. The most, 1,068, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,421
Queensland 1,250
New South Wales 932
Western Australia 333
South Australia 305
Tasmania 99
ACT (Canberra) 8
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Burbank.

Who carried it

People named Burbank,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lucia Leonard Burbank
    Lucia Leonard Burbank 1792–1826
  • Sidney Burbank
    Sidney Burbank 1807–1882
  • David Burbank
    David Burbank 1821–1895 · dentist
  • Samuel Walton Burbank 1795–1868
  • David Burbank 1799–1883
  • David Burbank 1810–1865 · Baptist minister

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Burbank,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States550 records

550 records of the Burbank name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 210
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 152
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 37
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 29
  • Sacramento County historic burials 7
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Askie Burbank

    Born 1918 in Arizona. Enlisted 1943 at Phoenix; sawmill worker from Apache County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Community Cemetery, Chinle, Arizona.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Gerrit Burbank

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Belgenland from Antwerp, aged 43; farmer. From Friesland, the Netherlands; bound for Milwaukee.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William E. Burbank

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1945, died 1995; buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 550 records for Burbank in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands85 records

85 records of the Burbank name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 43
  • Dutch population registers 42
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrik Paul Burbank

    Married in 1889 in Zutphen; smith. Died 1893 in Eibergen, aged 31.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Augustina Wilhelmina Elisabeth Burbank

    Born 1896 in Eibergen. Died 1956 in Hilversum, aged 59.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Elisabeth Burbank

    In the population register of Brummen; maidservant, born 1860.

    Open Archives, Regionaal archief Zutphen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 85 records for Burbank in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia41 records

41 records of the Burbank name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 21
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Burbank

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Tulloch Castle, aged 20; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Noel Ednott Burbank

    Barrister of Toorak, Victoria; died 1971.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record John Burbank

    Left Launceston in 1852 aboard the Mercury, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 41 records for Burbank in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada23 records

23 records of the Burbank name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 18
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marquis Lester Burbank

    Buried in 1984 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 66.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Everett Burbank

    Died 1909 in Florence, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Guy Burbank

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 23 records for Burbank in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Germany8 records

8 records of the Burbank name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Bernhard Burbank

    Born 1899; from Senden, Lüdinghausen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 2 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 159).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Josef Burbank

    From Münster, Westf. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 4 January 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 15).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Burbank

    From Milte, Warendorf. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 25 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 99).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Burbank in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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