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Bursch Surname Meaning

German: nickname meaning ‘young man’ from Middle High German burse originally denoting a student fraternity at a medieval university (from Late Latin bursa ‘purse’ i.e. a cash fund from which the students supported themselves) and later also other male societies such as soldiers’ or craftsmen's guilds.

Eventually the term Bursch(e) came to denote an individual member rather than the institution and was pluralized as Burschen.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Bursch families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bursch family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1840 and 1920. The most Bursch families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 2 Bursch families living in Dorset. This was about 67% of all the recorded Bursch's in United Kingdom. Dorset had the highest population of Bursch families in 1891.

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There are 624 military records available for the last name Bursch. For the veterans among your Bursch ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1964 and 2004, in the United States, Bursch life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1977, and highest in 1995. The average life expectancy for Bursch in 1964 was 85, and 74 in 2004.

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