Burgin
A surname probably derived from a person from Burgundy, France, or from the Burgoyne name family.
The #6,265 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 56,619 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Burgin is usually treated as a shortened or altered form of Burgoyne, a surname that originally meant a person from Burgundy. The place-name element goes back to Burgundy in France, so the name was first a regional label rather than a personal-description nickname. In English records, Burgin appears alongside Burgoyne and related spellings, suggesting it developed as one of several reduced surname forms.
History
The historical excerpts place Burgin in the same family of names as Burgoyne and note its appearance in English records from at least the 16th century. It seems to have been especially associated with southwest England in later records, though the name is not confined there. Later surname dictionaries and name studies often group it with other regional surnames derived from French place-names.
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Fun fact
The same surname family turns up in records as both Burgoyne and Burgin, showing how medieval and early modern spellings could shift quite freely.
From the historical record
“>ir., 4, o, 0 ; rhiladelphia, 37, 1, o. BuTgon, Burgoyne, Burgin^ Biirgoin. — Local, ' de Burgoyne,' native of Bur^ndy. John de Bargoyne, CO. Soma., t|m. A. Almarie Baijoyne, co. Bed/., ibid.”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances