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burse Name Meaning and History

  1. Possibly also an altered spelling of French Bourse, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of purses, Old French bourse (from Late Latin bursa).
  2. German (Bürse): variant of Bursch.

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Distribution of burse Families in the US in 1920
Number of burse families
 14-25
 5-13
 1-4
 0
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