Last name: BURTON
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BURTON : This last name is indexed 630,870 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BURTON : Local. A town in Leicestershire, England. The name signifies either the town on the hill, or, as Bailey says, the Bur-town, from the abundance of burs growing thereabouts. There are several places by this name in England.
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