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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : status name, from Middle English burghman, borughman (Old English burhmann) ‘inhabitant of a (fortified) town’ (see Burke), especially one holding land or buildings by burgage (see Burgess).
  • Americanized spelling of German Buhrmann (see Buhrman).

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