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This American surname Upshur is a Virginia surname, from the tip of the land in county Northampton (near Chesapeake Bay), a common African American surname of English origin, possibility it could ultimately be French. Also as Upsher, this surname could be a variant of English Upshire, a place name from county Essex of England. Another possible origin is that it could be a variant of English Upshaw, from East Anglia, perhaps from a place name.

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