The Burr surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 14,839 people carried this name — #2,253 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 244 people named Burr.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
52 people named Burr live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Burr.
- Burlett 183 · U.S. census
- Burlin 321 · U.S. census
- Burner 2,164 · U.S. census
- Burnet 566 · U.S. census
- Burns 162,153 · U.S. census
- Buron 358 · U.S. census
- Burrer 380 · U.S. census
- Burri 445 · U.S. census
- Burrus 3,921 · U.S. census
- Burson 4,944 · U.S. census
- Burst 463 · U.S. census
- Burtin 338 · U.S. census
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