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Burgess

in Indiana

There are 1,133 people with the last name "Burgess" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

NameRank
Burgess 507
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  1. is 503rd most common Hood
  2. is 504th most common Bond
  3. is 505th most common Coffman
  4. is 506th most common Quinn
  5. is 507th most common Burgess
  6. is 508th most common Springer
  7. is 509th most common Mattingly
  8. is 510th most common Small
  9. is 511th most common Kemp

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burgess

James, John, David, Michael, William, Charles, Robert, Mary, Kevin, Thomas

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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