Family name Burwell (Burwell 
) , in all the world, is quite a common cognomen. The last name Burwell is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, Canada, where it is a rare surname, and New Zealand. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Burwell is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Burwell | United Kingdom, Australia, Philippines, United States, Canada |
| edmund burwell English gentry in Suffolk (c.1500–1561) (b. 1500) |
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| william burwell English landowner (b. 1516) |
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| nicholas burwell English gentry in Suffolk (c.1517–1583) (b. 1517) |
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| edmund burwell English gentry in Suffolk (bap. 1574, d. 1652) (b. 1574) |
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| thomas burwell English civil lawyer (1603/4–1673) (b. 1603) |
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| jeffrey burwell English lawyer (b. 1606) |
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| thomas burwell English physician 1626-1701/2 (b. 1626) |
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| mary burwell mother of Sir Robert Walpole (b. 1655) |
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| lucy burwell (1683–1716) (b. 1683) |
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burwell bassett American politician (1734–1793), US (b. 1734) |
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| hannah burwell (30 Mar 1687 - certain 17 Nov 1751) (b. 1687) |
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nathaniel burwell Virginia politician and plantation owner 1750-1814, US (b. 1750) |
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burwell boykin (1751-1817) (b. 1751) |
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| martha burwell (1703-1738) (b. 1703) |
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| robert burwell (1720–1777) (b. 1720) |
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