The hamburg Surname

hamburg Name Meaning and History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from the great city and port at the mouth of the river Elbe, named with the Germanic elements ham ‘water meadow’ + burg ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’.

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The hamburg name in History

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

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Distribution of hamburg Families in the US in 1920

Number of hamburg families

27-51

10-26

1-9

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emmigration/immigration	yohyohy	0
Henry P. W. Kopke	ebenordms	0
Hamburg - Mekeel	jerrymekeel	0
von Borstel families in Hamburg.	Albert von Borstel	1
Gieselmann from Hamburg area 1835-1855	Rita Broeker	0
Hamburg	WGF	0
genealogy	nick gottert	0
Jacob Gustav Gallois - Hamburg	loimagil1	0
Hamburg/McSherry--Michigan connection	juice0904	1
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