Burnett

Burnett is the 568th most common surname in the United States, shared by 58,194 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 5,136.

By the numbers

People: 58,194
Rank: 568th
How common: 1 in 5,136
Per 100,000: 19.5

Where the name comes from

Origin Old French

From Middle English burnet (“brown”), from Old French brunet, brunete.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Burnett described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 66.6%
Black, not Hispanic 23.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924)English-American playwright and author
Carol Burnett (born 1933)American actress, comedian and singer
Leo Burnett (1891–1971)American advertising executive
Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969)English writer
Erin Burnett (born 1976)American news anchor, currently the anchor of Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN
Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895)American judge, governor of California, slave owner
T Bone Burnett (born 1948)American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799)Scottish judge, scholar of language evolution and philosopher

People named Burnett with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Burnett

Also a first name

Burnett has been given to 1,843 American babies as a first name since 1882, peaking in 1920. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.