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Burgess

in Michigan

There are 2,552 people with the last name "Burgess" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Burgess 266
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  1. is 262nd most common Greene
  2. is 263rd most common Hammond
  3. is 264th most common Day
  4. is 265th most common Beck
  5. is 266th most common Burgess
  6. is 267th most common Steele
  7. is 268th most common Sutton
  8. is 269th most common Page
  9. is 270th most common Fields

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burgess

Robert, James, John, William, David, Michael, Thomas, Richard, Gary, Kenneth

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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