Last name: BURNETT
Welcome at Geneanet!
With Geneanet, find your ancestors from home, create your family tree for free, and explore and share your family history. Genealogy has never been easier, thanks to our database of 9 billion individuals, and our community of enthusiasts.
All you have to know about the last name BURNETT
Last name frequency
BURNETT : This last name is indexed 172,700 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BURNETT : 1: Scottish and Irish (Tyrone and Antrim): descriptive nickname of Norman origin from Old French burnete a diminutive of brun ‘brown’ (see Brown) or possibly in some instances a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of burnete a high quality woolen cloth originally dark brown in color.2: Probably also an altered form of English Barnett.3: In some cases also an altered form of French Burnet; compare Burnette.
Learn moreVariants of last name
The spelling of names may have changed over the centuries. Knowing these names variants will help you build your family tree.
Search a name
Discover your ancestors and build your family tree step by step through billions of data included in our members' family trees and through civil records.
Most popular first names
- John (10,394)
- William (7,986)
- James (6,039)
- Thomas (5,182)
- Robert (4,495)
- George (4,061)
- Mary (3,759)
- Elizabeth (2,938)
- Joseph (2,161)
- Alexander (2,146)
- Charles (2,133)
- Henry (1,916)
- Peter (1,741)
- Margaret (1,683)
- Sarah (1,647)
- Richard (1,627)
- Ann (1,597)
- David (1,552)
- Jane (1,424)
- Carol (1,387)
- Edward (1,024)
- Mr. (891)
- Francis (887)
- Matthew (886)
- Samuel (829)
- Frank (818)
- Helen (814)
- Andrew (794)
- Frances (759)
- Mrs. (711)
- Albert (706)
- Harry (701)
- Mary Ann (695)
- Anne (679)
- Alfred (669)
- Martha (659)
- Mr (649)
- Walter (583)
- Jean (581)
- Hannah (568)
- Catherine (516)
- Isabella (506)
- Eliza (489)
- M. (482)
- Isaac (478)
- Daniel (466)
- Jeremiah (450)
- Emma (445)
- Paul (442)
- Alice (428)
- Nancy (416)
- Arthur (394)
- Fred (391)
- Ellen (373)
- Benjamin (367)
- Agnes (337)
- Anna (336)
- Isabel (334)
- Miss (327)
- Annie (321)
Most indexed places
- Missouri (3,952)
- New (1,345)
- Auckland (1,144)
- Virginia (1,129)
- Tennessee (862)
- London (826)
- Scotland (788)
- Washington (767)
- Aberdeenshire (736)
- Leys, Kincardineshire (722)
- New York (651)
- North Carolina (626)
- Richmond (601)
- Kentucky (586)
- Texas (561)
- Saint Nicholas,aberdeen,aberdeen (544)
- San-Francisco (540)
- Essex (499)
- Aberdeen (497)
- Wellington (497)
- Ohio (484)
- San Francisco (461)
- Banchory-Ternan,kincardine (449)
- Boston (443)
- California (433)
- Nelson (420)
- Illinois (418)
- Santa Cruz (405)
- New Zealand (383)
- Patrick (377)
- Sacramento (373)
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire (370)
- Chicago (358)
- England (353)
- Montrose,angus (336)
- Denver (330)
- Liverpool (322)
- Manawatu-Wanganui (320)
- Ireland (317)
- Meare (315)
- Paris (315)
- Birse,aberdeen (314)
- South Carolina (312)
- Cincinnati (296)
- Otago (296)
- South (294)
- Dunedin (289)
- Arkansas (288)
- San Bernardino (281)
- Philadelphia (279)
- St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire (278)
- Alnwick (268)
- Indiana (267)
- Los (262)
- Alabama (261)
- Georgia (259)
- Lincoln (255)
- Fraserburgh,aberdeen (252)
- Louisville (251)
- Oregon (250)
Most indexed countries
- United States (73,762)
- United Kingdom (66,718)
- New Zealand (7,425)
- Australia (4,720)
- Ireland (3,115)
- Canada (2,341)
- France (1,724)
- Unknown country (1,215)
- Germany (320)
- Netherlands (252)
- China (178)
- Belgium (172)
- Italy (172)
- Switzerland (110)
- India (105)
- Mexico (105)
- Spain (89)
- South Africa (89)
Available collections for this name
- Archives
(59,330) - Family Trees
(49,114) - Newspapers
(42,352) - Books
(18,772) - Other
(1,911) - Magazines
(481) - Obituaries
(480) - Cemeteries
(161) - Memorials
(94) - Coats of Arms
(5)