Burgess Surname
Approximately 173,071 people bear this surname
Burgess Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the burgess,' i.e. the citizen; Middle English burgeys.
Hawise Burgeys, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Philip Burgers, Oxfordshire, ibid.
John le Burges, Southamptonshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameBurgess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 96,362 | 1:3,761 | 405 |
| England | 34,769 | 1:1,603 | 181 |
| Australia | 16,681 | 1:1,618 | 193 |
| Canada | 9,037 | 1:4,077 | 541 |
| New Zealand | 3,724 | 1:1,216 | 117 |
| South Africa | 1,979 | 1:27,376 | 3,500 |
| Scotland | 1,923 | 1:2,784 | 517 |
| Wales | 1,785 | 1:1,734 | 167 |
| Jamaica | 1,139 | 1:2,520 | 398 |
| Northern Ireland | 598 | 1:3,085 | 627 |
| Ireland | 551 | 1:8,546 | 1,182 |
| Belize | 440 | 1:808 | 174 |
| Bermuda | 366 | 1:178 | 14 |
| France | 346 | 1:191,973 | 29,874 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 342 | 1:3,988 | 660 |
| Thailand | 325 | 1:217,349 | 36,465 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Spain | 275 | 1:170,007 | 12,175 |
| Barbados | 269 | 1:1,069 | 255 |
| Samoa | 203 | 1:955 | 301 |
| Liberia | 155 | 1:28,442 | 2,752 |
| Guyana | 130 | 1:5,863 | 1,014 |
| Germany | 93 | 1:865,650 | 62,206 |
| Netherlands | 88 | 1:191,900 | 26,970 |
| Panama | 68 | 1:57,533 | 2,676 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Sweden | 53 | 1:185,788 | 12,836 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| Chile | 44 | 1:400,374 | 10,831 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Denmark | 42 | 1:134,398 | 12,049 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Isle of Man | 33 | 1:2,601 | 535 |
| Norway | 31 | 1:165,880 | 20,092 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Jersey | 20 | 1:4,960 | 981 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 1:2,009,574 | 14,441 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Japan | 12 | 1:10,653,691 | 45,407 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 12 | 1:9,198 | 1,357 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Greece | 9 | 1:1,231,088 | 85,267 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8 | 1:14,082 | 855 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Anguilla | 4 | 1:3,359 | 324 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 1:13,800 | 846 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1:6,936,187 | 18,422 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1:79,678,386 | 25,993 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Laos | 2 | 1:3,294,162 | 1,900 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 561 | 1:7,896 | 1,208 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19,100 | 1:1,276 | 154 |
| Scotland | 1,280 | 1:2,924 | 499 |
| Wales | 407 | 1:3,854 | 267 |
| Guernsey | 15 | 1:2,177 | 371 |
| Jersey | 13 | 1:3,991 | 684 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:9,045 | 877 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,928 | 1:3,606 | 432 |
Burgess (1,502) may also be a first name.
Burgess Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the burgess,' i.e. the citizen; Middle English burgeys.
Hawise Burgeys, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Philip Burgers, Oxfordshire, ibid.
John le Burges, Southamptonshire, ibid.
Thomas Burgeys, Norfolk, ibid.
Adam Burgeys, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Burges, 1379: ibid.
Robert Barges, Norwich, 1519: History of Norfolk.
1614. Married — Edward Burgis and Maud Goorde: St. Antholin (London).
1624. Baptised — Symon, s. Alice Burgis: St. James, Clerkenwell.
A burgess was a citizen or freeman of a corporate town or burgh, ME. burgeys. Henricus Burgeis in the parish of Fyvy was excommunicated in 1382 (REA., I, p. 165). William Burges was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1475 (NSCM., I, p. 25), and Jennet Burgess and John Burgesse were examined for the Test in Tinwald in 1685 (RPC,, 3. ser. XI, p. 433). The old Orkney surname of Burgar has become Burgess.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Citizen [Middle English burge(i)s, burgeys, 0. French burgeis, Low Latin burgensis; O.H.Ger. burg, a fortified place] John le Burges.—Hundred Rolls And was thar wonnand in that wik That hight Iosep, a barges rile (And there was dwelling in that town [Capernaum] One called Joseph, a rich burgess).—Cursor Mundi, 12491-2.
Barons and burgeises And bonde-men als [also].— Piers Plowman, 430-1.
The burgess said, 'I will go home,’ 'My menyie [household] are biding each one,’— ‘Hist, of Sir Gray Steel,’ 1873-4: Early Pop. Scot. Poet.
For this English name Brugha has been adopted as the Irish form. MIF 44
“Inhabitant of a Borough”. Compare Burger.
(English) A citizen or freeman of a borough who owed special duties to the king and had certain privileges.
A freeman of a corporate town or borough.
From berges, burges, a citisen, townsman; a Cornish form of the French bourgeois.
An inhabitant of a borough; a freeman, citizen; a representative of a borough in parliament.
From the Dutch, Burges, Burgess; personal name Burges is an old way of spelling Bruges.
Burgess Demographics
Average Burgess Salary in
United States
$41,784 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Burgess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burgess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Burgess (Marathi: बुरिगस, Russian: Бургесс) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Burgess? popularity and diffusion
The surname Burgess is the 3,256th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,107 people. The surname Burgess is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Burgess live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 200,630th most numerous forename internationally, borne by 1,502 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 96,362 people, or 1 in 3,761. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 6 percent are found, Georgia, where 6 percent are found and North Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name exists in 128 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.
Burgess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Burgess has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 692 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 439 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 2 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Burgess Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (38%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Burgess last name are 11.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.23% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Burgess earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 31.07% more than the national average, earning 453,617 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 74% more than the national average, earning R 413,484 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.7% less than the national average, earning $22,317,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.16% less than the national average, earning $41,784 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.14% more than the national average, earning $51,740 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Burgess Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Burgess in the Marathi language | ||
| बुरिगस | burigasa | - |
| Burgess in the Russian language | ||
| Бургесс | burgess | - |
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