What is "burness"

Burness is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Courtney Taylor Burness, (born 1995) American teen actress
• Don Burness, (1919–1987) All-American basketball player at Stanford University
• Gordon Burness, (died 1989) Scottish-born U.S./Canadian soccer player
• Pete Burness, (1904-1969) Academy Award-winning American animator and animation director