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Origine of last name

BOURGEOIS : French: from bourgeois ‘burgher’ (from Old French burgeis from burc ‘fortified town’) a status name for an inhabitant and (usually) freeman of a fortified town (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bourg">Bourg</a>). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Lebourgeois">Lebourgeois</a> and also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Boss">Boss</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Burgess">Burgess</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bushway">Bushway</a>.

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