English: habitational name from Yarborough and Yarburgh in
Lincolnshire, named with Old English eorðburg ‘earthworks’,
‘fortifications’, (a compound of eorðe ‘earth’, ‘soil’ +
burh ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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