The bureau Surname

bureau Name Meaning and History

French: from Old French, Old Occitan bureau, burel ‘frieze’, ‘coarse woolen material’ (see Borel).

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The bureau name in History

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Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of bureau Families in the US in 1920

Number of bureau families

7-11

3-6

1-2

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Chester Wright Aldrich and Sarah Jane Danforth	George Varney	1
Bureau, Jule Taylor (Wright) (OBIT PA 12-29-2007)	obituary33b	0
Armand Bureau family in NH	avonbyannette	0
Bureau Family in Gallipolis	MargaretYoungs	0
looking for my fayher	moeb1959	0
looking for my father	moeb1959	0
ancestry of Lilianne Bureau	Raymondo5	24
Oscar Bureau	catsmeow1457	4
Nettie Bureau	guybureau12	0
Jeannette Y. Bureau obit from NY 2001	laurarivers518	0

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