Burniston

== English == === Etymology === From the Old English personal name Brȳning + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Burniston (countable and uncountable, plural Burnistons) A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0193). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Burniston is the 106570th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 167 individuals. Burniston is most common among White (94.61%) individuals. === References === Survey of English Place-Names === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Burniston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 257.