Bursh Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 4
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bursh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bursh family

Profession Census Frequency
Pastry Cook 2
Railway Porter 2
Governess 1
Wife 1
Clerk Victoria Docks 1
Domestic 1
Railway Carriage Examiner 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bursh

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bursh 20
William Bursh 18
Elizabeth Bursh 14
Thomas Bursh 14
Charles Bursh 8
John Bursh 7
George Bursh 6
Ann Bursh 5
Emma Bursh 5
James Bursh 5
Jane Bursh 5
Joseph Bursh 5
Richard Bursh 5
Samuel Bursh 5
Alice Bursh 4
Eliza Bursh 4
Ellen Bursh 4
Florence Bursh 4
Frederick Bursh 4
Louisa Bursh 4
Sarah Bursh 4
Alfred Bursh 3
Annie Bursh 3
Arthur Bursh 3
Edith Bursh 3

Bursh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brush 60% 2,638
2 Brash 60% 888
3 Bursh 100% 261
4 Brish 60% 217
5 Birsh 80% 175
6 Barsh 80% 109

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The surname Bursh is the 3rd most popular variant of Brush.

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