About the Burges Surname

Behind the Burges surname stands Burgess, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

Without the “s” of Burgess, Burges is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Burges, so the heraldry linked to Burgess is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Burges family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.