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Burger Name Meaning
German, English, and Dutch: status name for a freeman of a
borough, especially one who was a member of its governing council, a
derivative of Middle High German burc, Middle English
burg ‘(fortified) town’, Middle Dutch burch. The English
name is found occasionally as a surname from the 13th century onwards
but is not recorded as a vocabulary word until the 16th century. The
usual English term was the Old French word burgeis ‘burgess’
(see Burgess). This name is frequent throughout central and
eastern Europe. It also occurs as an Ashkenazic Jewish family name,
but the reasons for its adoption are uncertain.German:
habitational name for someone from any of the many places called Burg.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Burger Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Burger families
 244 - 485  82 - 243 |
 1 - 81  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Burger families
|
29 - 56 10 - 28 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Burger families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Burger Family Origin
Burger Immigration Information
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Burger Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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