Frequency: (480)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Dutch and North German: occupational name for a farmer, from Middle Low German būr ‘dweller’, ‘citizen’, ‘neighbor’, ‘farmer’ (see Bauer).
GIVEN NAMES: German 6%; Dutch 5%. Ralf (5), Hans (2), Kurt; Gerret (2), Marinus (2), Adriaan, Cornelis, Egbert, Gerrit, Gert, Kees.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
