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Origin Of The Surname Burr
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Meaning Of The Surname Burr
The Persistent One
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Interesting
Facts About
Burr
Burr like many short surnames could have varied vastly in spelling over time, and therefore could be traced back to many separate origins. It is mostly presumed to have come from the Old English ‘bur’ which referred to the seed of a plant that stuck to things passing the plant to enable it to germinate. It would have been used as a nickname for a person who was very persistent or difficult to get rid of. There is evidence of this in Shakespeare. The famous playwright used the nickname ‘burre’ as a derogatory term in some of his plays. |
Burr Statistics
Burr is the number 1109 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 9,275 share the surname Burr in the UK.
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