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Burr

in Pennsylvania

There are 316 people with the last name "Burr" in Pennsylvania.

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Burr 3,967
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  1. is 3,963rd most common Lacy
  2. is 3,964th most common Litzinger
  3. is 3,965th most common Mcnutt
  4. is 3,966th most common Bosco
  5. is 3,967th most common Burr
  6. is 3,968th most common Colgan
  7. is 3,969th most common Cordell
  8. is 3,970th most common Dawkins
  9. is 3,971st most common Granger

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burr

William, Richard, Robert, James, Carol, Charles, Matthew, George, Mary, Catherine

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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