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

The Burel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 366 people carried this name — #55,962 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 13% from 420 in 2000.

See Burel on the map Look up another surname

Share

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,405 people named Burel.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Finistère 820
Seine-Maritime 733
Côtes-d’Armor 195
Paris 184
Ille-et-Vilaine 138
Bas-Rhin 138
Eure 106
Haute-Marne 94

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

In Poland’s population register

56 people named Burel have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 75 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Podlaskie.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Podlaskie 39
Pomeranian 8
West Pomeranian 4
Warmian-Masurian 3
Masovian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 50 people named Burel 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 Córdoba.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Córdoba 23
Santa Fe 16
Mendoza 11

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

Who carried it

People named Burel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Guillaume Burel d. 1191 · presbyter
  • Honoré Burel d. 1777 · silversmith
  • Gottfried Burel 1100–
  • Adolphe Dominique Burel 1817–1886 · horticulturist
  • Léonce-Henri Burel 1892–1977 · cinematographer
  • Suzanne Burel 1895–1966 · painter

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Burel.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Burel is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See what a volume holds
Scroll to Top