Last Name BURNEY

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Meaning	Local: Of berney, a town in the hundred of North Greenhow, county Norfolk. Local:

Origin	English, Irish, Pakistani

Rank	3,762 (2000 US census)	2,865 (1990 US census)

Count	8,653 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

49.14%, or 4252 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
45.59%, or 3945 total occurrences, as black,
1.48%, or 128 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.6%, or 52 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.03%, or 176 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.16%, or 100 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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American Surnames

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Shortest baby names

We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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