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burton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place name that is very common in central and northern England. The derivation in most cases is from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

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Distribution of burton Families in the US in 1920
Number of burton families
 429-855
 144-428
 1-143
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Threads: 1750 - Messages: 4030
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Burtons in England William BURTON 35
Pinkney, Bird, Elmer, Hedgeman, Earl, Annie Burton Terri 10
My Burton Line lora_1 3
Henry Leopold Burton glendaburton_1 0
Burton Panola Co TX Irene Walker Burton 1
Fannie E Burton obit 1948 OK Obits101 0
burtons lisaswann10 0
a burton family tree nathan burton 16
Burton bethnichols1 0
Charles G. Burton mar. Alice A. Rogers Jan 1, 1874 in MO NancyofVernonCo 0
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