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burkhalter Name Meaning and History

Swiss German: topographic name composed of the Middle High German elements burc ‘castle’ (originally also ‘protection’) + halter from halde ‘slope’, hence a name for someone living by a castle or fortified town.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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burkhalter Family Facts

Distribution of burkhalter Families in the US in 1920
Number of burkhalter families
 37-72
 13-36		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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