The Bure surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 236 people carried this name — #80,419 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 231 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 345 people named Bure.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
57 people named Bure is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Bure,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anders Bure 1571–1646 · mathematician -
Olaus Laurentii Bure d. 1614 · politician
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Catharina Olofsdotter Bure d. 1722
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Sara Olofsotter Bure d. 1708
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Catharina von Scheffer d. 1711
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Gunnar Herse Bure 1025–1050
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bure.
- Burck 509 · U.S. census
- Burckhardt 429 · U.S. census
- Burckle 129 · U.S. census
- Burda 1,719 · U.S. census
- Burdin 500 · U.S. census
- Burdon 354 · U.S. census
- Bureau 822 · U.S. census
- Burek 1,074 · U.S. census
- Burel 366 · U.S. census
- Burelle 146 · U.S. census
- Bures 846 · U.S. census
- Burey 181 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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