Bourg is used as a family name or surname in Germany, France, Netherlands. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bourg
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany, France, Netherlands
Meaning:

Bourg is form of Borough. The Boroughs of Chetwynd, county of Salop, are lineally descended from Robert Borone, noticed by Leland in his Itinerary, which Robert died in 1418.

The family name Bourg is the variant of Brough. Parishes, etc., in counties Westmoreland, Derby, York, &c.

Bourg is the variation of Borrow. See under Burgh - A component syllable in many local surnames. It also stands alone, and may be derived from one or more of the various places so called in Cumberland, Suffolk Norfolk, and Lincoln. It is the Anglo-Saxon burh, bureh, byrig, a word common to most German dialects, and somewhat resembling the Gr. Túpyos, turris. This is subject matter for a longthened dissertation, had we space for it, but it will be sufficient for the present purpose to observe, that its meaning appears to be that which Richardson assigns, viz.— "a place of defence or security," whether that place be a walled town, a mountain, or the place in which the "conies," though but a "feeble folk," fortify themselves. Imperial Petersburgh, royal Edinboro', and a rabbit's Burrow, have therefore a community of origin and of name. The word occurs very largely in local no menclature, sometimes as a prefix or termination, and sometimes in the middle of a name, and in variously modified forms, as burg, bur, ber, berk, borough, brough, berry, barron, bury, etc.

Form of Burg. Of the castle, burg, or borogh.

Bourg is variant of Berg. Hill, mount.

A form of Borrows. Dweller in, or near, a stronghold or fortified place; dweller on, or near, a hill.

Family name is variation of the Berggren. Mountain branch.

The family name is a form of the Berg. Dweller near the hill or mountain.

Variant of Borgman. One who borrows or lends money or goods; descendant of Burgman meaning "castle, man".

A form of Burg. Dweller at the fort or fortified place.

Surname is a form of Borough. See Burgh - A component syllable in many local surnames. It also stands alone, and may be derived from one or more of the various places so called in Cumberland, Suffolk Norfolk, and Lincoln. It is the Anglo-Saxon burh, bureh, byrig, a word common to most German dialects, and somewhat resembling the Gr. Túpyos, turris. This is subject matter for a longthened dissertation, had we space for it, but it will be sufficient for the present purpose to observe, that its meaning appears to be that which Richardson assigns, viz.— "a place of defence or security," whether that place be a walled town, a mountain, or the place in which the "conies," though but a "feeble folk," fortify themselves. Imperial Petersburgh, royal Edinboro', and a rabbit's Burrow, have therefore a community of origin and of name. The word occurs very largely in local no menclature, sometimes as a prefix or termination, and sometimes in the middle of a name, and in variously modified forms, as burg, bur, ber, berk, borough, brough, berry, barron, bury, etc.

A variation of the Bruff. Hearty, jolly, healthy, proud. Halliw.

Is the variant of Burgh. A component syllable in many local surnames. It also stands alone, and may be derived from one or more of the various places so called in Cumberland, Suffolk Norfolk, and Lincoln. It is the Anglo-Saxon burh, bureh, byrig, a word common to most German dialects, and somewhat resembling the Gr. Túpyos, turris. This is subject matter for a longthened dissertation, had we space for it, but it will be sufficient for the present purpose to observe, that its meaning appears to be that which Richardson assigns, viz.— "a place of defence or security," whether that place be a walled town, a mountain, or the place in which the "conies," though but a "feeble folk," fortify themselves. Imperial Petersburgh, royal Edinboro', and a rabbit's Burrow, have therefore a community of origin and of name. The word occurs very largely in local no menclature, sometimes as a prefix or termination, and sometimes in the middle of a name, and in variously modified forms, as burg, bur, ber, berk, borough, brough, berry, barron, bury, etc.

How popular is Bourg?

Bourg is common in France, United States, Luxembourg, Belgium.

Bourg is ranked 62244 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bourg bearers increased by 2.5 per cent in 2010 US census to 2745 since 2000, the surname slipped by 562 spots and ranked at 11469. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.52 95.89
Hispanic or Latino 3.21 1.34
Others 1.38 0.86
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.13 1.08
Black 0.44 0.52
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.33 0.3
Bourg is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 8069 people have been found who wears Bourg as their family name. Bourg is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Bourg:
1,776 France4,021
11,571 United States3,440
Countries with hundreds of Bourg:
415 Luxembourg182
11,471 Belgium160
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
62,809 Canada46
137,426 Brazil39
67,975 Argentina38
101,561 England19
65,296 Spain15
5,998 Jamaica14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
63,315 Switzerland8
305,602 Germany7
50,495 Mexico7
512,203 Thailand7
55,549 Norway6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

70 years old Barbara Bourg who was residing in France migrated to Ohio on May 30, 1850 by John Cumming put out from Havre. 29 years old Niclaus Bourg, Therese Bourg, aged 21, 28 years old Francois Bourg, Jacob Bourg (21) Farmer, Farmer Jean Bourg, Anton Bourg (52) Farmer, Johann Bourg, aged 23, Farmer Andre Bourg, and 25 other Bourg around 66.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as miner and laborer migrated to US.

Bourg Namesakes

  • Anne du Bourg, French magistrate
  • Daniel de Bourg, English singer, songwriter, dancer

Bourg Namesakes

  • Anne du Bourg, French magistrate
  • Daniel de Bourg, English singer, songwriter, dancer

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