Cognomen Burness (Burness 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare surname. The family name Burness is habitual in New Zealand, where it is quite a rare surname, Australia, where it is a rare surname, and the United Kingdom. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Also, Burness is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Burness | Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States |
| john burness Scottish author (b. 1771) |
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| james burness (1799-1879) (b. 1799) |
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| fanny burness (1849-1938) (b. 1849) |
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| lucy burness (1850-1946) (b. 1850) |
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| pete burness American animator, US (b. 1904) |
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| gordon burness Scottish-Canadian-American soccer player (1906-1989), US (b. 1906) |
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| les burness American jazz pianist, US (b. 1911) |
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| anita burness New Zealand printmaker, NZ (b. 1919) |
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| don burness American basketball player (1919-1987), US (b. 1919) |
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| kevin burness Northern Irish professional darts player, GB (b. 1965) |
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| georgina gerda burness (born 1976) (b. 1976) |
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| julia irene burness (born 1978) (b. 1978) |
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| james a. burness Peerage person ID=500889 |
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| robert alexander burness (died 2010) |
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| timothy charles burness Ph.D. University of London 2005 |
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