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Burgess

in Alabama

There are 1,747 people with the last name "Burgess" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Burgess 312
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  1. is 308th most common Wyatt
  2. is 309th most common Copeland
  3. is 310th most common Cain
  4. is 311th most common Townsend
  5. is 312th most common Burgess
  6. is 313th most common Meadows
  7. is 314th most common Bowen
  8. is 315th most common Mcgee
  9. is 316th most common Martinez

Similar Names and Nicknames

Burger, Burgos, Burge, Burdick, Burgin, Borges, Burgett, Burg, Burgan, Burgoyne

Most Common First Names for Burgess

James, John, Charles, Michael, William, Mary, Robert, David, Barbara, Ronald

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, Old French burgeis ‘inhabitant and (usually) freeman of a (fortified) town’ (see Burke), especially one with municipal rights and duties. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger.

FOREBEARS Thomas Burgess came from England to MA in about 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.

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