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The burt Surname

burt Name Meaning and History

  1. English and Scottish: from the Old English personal name Byrht, a byform of Be(o)rht ‘bright’. Compare Bert.
  2. German: Middle High German burt ‘that which is due or proper’, therefore a nickname for someone who has fulfilled his obligations properly.
  3. Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): variant of Burd.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The burt name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the burt family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of burt Families in the US in 1920
Number of burt families
 249-495
 84-248		 1-83
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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