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Burr

in California

There are 1,090 people with the last name "Burr" in California.

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Burr 2,541
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  1. is 2,537th most common Belcher
  2. is 2,538th most common Hillman
  3. is 2,539th most common Rueda
  4. is 2,540th most common Teixeira
  5. is 2,541st most common Burr
  6. is 2,542nd most common Keyes
  7. is 2,543rd most common Orlando
  8. is 2,544th most common Titus
  9. is 2,545th most common Mayes

Similar Names and Nicknames

Berry, Burrell, Burris, Barr, Barry, Burroughs, Burrows, Barrow, Burrow, Burress

Most Common First Names for Burr

John, William, David, James, Michael, Richard, Robert, Linda, Ronald, Susan

Meaning & History

English: of uncertain origin. Reaney explains this as a nickname for a person who is difficult to shake off, from Middle English bur(r) ‘bur’ (a seedhead that sticks to clothing). Burre occurs as a surname or byname as early as 1185, but the vocabulary word is not recorded in OED until the 14th century. Another possibility is derivation from Old English būr ‘small dwelling or building’ (modern English bower), but there are phonological difficulties here too.

German: perhaps a variant spelling of Bur, or a topographic name from Burr(e) ‘mound’, ‘hill’, or in the south a variant of Burrer.

FOREBEARS The American political leader Aaron Burr (1756–1836) was the son of a clergyman and academic, president of Princeton University. On his mother's side he was descended from the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards; on his father's from Jehu Burr, who emigrated from England with John Winthrop to MA in 1630.

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