Last Name BURGESS

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Meaning	The burgess, i.e. the citizen. An inhabitant of a borough; a freeman, citizen; a representative of a borough in parliament.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Austrian, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	407 (2000 US census)	346 (1990 US census)

Count	71,604 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.77%, or 55686 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
17.43%, or 12481 total occurrences, as black,
0.56%, or 401 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.02%, or 730 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.75%, or 1253 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.48%, or 1060 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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