Borst Family History
Borst Name Meaning
German (also Börst): from Middle High German
borst(e) ‘bristle’, ‘brush’, hence a nickname for someone with
a prickly temperament.Dutch: short form of de Borst, a
nickname for someone with a peculiarity of the chest, from Middle
Dutch borst ‘chest’, ‘breast’. Alternatively it may be a short
form of van der Borst, a habitational name for someone from
Burst in East Flanders (Belgium), or a topographic name for someone
who lived by a fortification, Middle Dutch burcht.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Borst
Name Distribution of Borst Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Borst families
 121 - 240  41 - 120 |
 1 - 40  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Borst families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Borst families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Borst census records
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Borst Family Origin
Borst Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Borst
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Borst Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Borst census records
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Borst Civil War Service Records
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