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Burgess

in Vermont

There are 206 people with the last name "Burgess" in Vermont.

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Ranking in Vermont

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Burgess 395
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  1. is 391st most common Farrar
  2. is 392nd most common Letourneau
  3. is 393rd most common Mayer
  4. is 394th most common Montgomery
  5. is 395th most common Burgess
  6. is 396th most common Dow
  7. is 397th most common Mahoney
  8. is 398th most common Mccullough
  9. is 399th most common Root

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burgess

Nancy, Robert, David, Anthony, Clyde, Ray, Richard, Rose, William, Bruce

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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Nancy Burgess, VT (5 searches)
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