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Burr

in New York

There are 675 people with the last name "Burr" in New York.

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Burr 2,356
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  1. is 2,352nd most common Perri
  2. is 2,353rd most common Pollak
  3. is 2,354th most common Sorensen
  4. is 2,355th most common Adamo
  5. is 2,356th most common Burr
  6. is 2,357th most common Decicco
  7. is 2,358th most common Stapleton
  8. is 2,359th most common Way
  9. is 2,360th most common Castaneda

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burr

James, Mary, Bruce, John, Robert, Thomas, William, Michael, Timothy, Brian

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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