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The burg Surname

burg Name Meaning and History

  1. German (also Bürg): topographic name, from Middle High German burc ‘fortification’, ‘castle’, or a habitational name from any of the numerous places called Burg.
  2. German: from a short form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart).
  3. Dutch: short form of Vanderburg.
  4. Dutch: from a short form of the Germanic personal name Burgo.
  5. Jewish: variant of Burger.
  6. Probably in some cases an altered spelling of Burgh.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of burg Families in the US in 1920
Number of burg families
 77-152
 26-76		 1-25
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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