Surname Burnham (Burnham 
) , globally, is a common last name. The cognomen Burnham is habitual in Barbados, where it is quite a common surname, Malta, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United States. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Much less frequently, Burnham is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Burnham | United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, United States, Canada |
| thomas burnham A lawyer and landowner, he arrived in the American Colonies by 1645, and lived most of his adult live in Connecticut (b. 1619) |
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| alice burnham (died 1684) (b. 1627) |
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| william burnham (b. 1684) |
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| richard burnham English clergyman and biographer (b. 1711) |
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| joshua burnham (b. 1736) |
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| jonathan burnham (b. 1738) |
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| richard burnham English Baptist minister and hymn-writer (b. 1749) |
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| josiah burnham (b. 1743) |
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| john burnham (b. 1749) |
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hiram burnham Union Army general, US (b. 1814) |
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| abigail collins burnham (b. 1764) |
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edwin otway burnham American minister (1824-1873), US (b. 1824) |
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horace blois burnham American judge (b. 1824) |
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| abraham burnham American Congregationalist minister, US (b. 1775) |
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| zacheus burnham Canadian politician, US (b. 1777) |
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