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Burgess

in Texas

There are 3,256 people with the last name "Burgess" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Burgess 686
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  1. is 682nd most common Mueller
  2. is 683rd most common Nieto
  3. is 684th most common Wolf
  4. is 685th most common Roach
  5. is 686th most common Burgess
  6. is 687th most common Fontenot
  7. is 688th most common Hays
  8. is 689th most common Calhoun
  9. is 690th most common Humphrey

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burgess

John, James, Robert, Michael, William, Richard, David, Charles, Linda, 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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