Find out how popular the last name Reseburg is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Reseburg.

Reseburg, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Reseburg surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Reseburg in America

Reseburg is the 129047th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Reseburg surname appeared 132 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Reseburg.

We can also compare 2010 data for Reseburg to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Reseburg

The surname RESEBURG originated in Germany during the late medieval period, specifically in the regions of Saxony and Brandenburg. It is derived from the German words "reise," meaning "journey," and "burg," meaning "castle" or "fortified town." This suggests that the name may have referred to someone who lived in or near a castle or fortified town along a trade route or pilgrimage path.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name RESEBURG can be found in the Annals of the Monastery of Quedlinburg, a chronicle written by monks in the late 10th century. This document mentions a nobleman named Reseberth von Halle, who was involved in a dispute over land rights in the year 988 AD.

In the 13th century, a variant spelling of the name, "Reyseburg," appears in the Codex Diplomaticus Anhaltinus, a collection of historical documents from the Principality of Anhalt. This record mentions a knight named Henricus de Reyseburg, who was granted lands near the town of Zerbst in 1268.

During the Renaissance period, a notable figure with the surname RESEBURG was Johannes Reseburg (1492-1576), a German humanist scholar and professor of Greek at the University of Wittenberg. He was a contemporary of Martin Luther and played a role in the Protestant Reformation through his writings and teachings.

In the 17th century, a family bearing the name RESEBURG was recorded as owning several estates in the region of Saxony-Anhalt. One member of this family, Heinrich von Reseburg (1612-1684), served as a military commander during the Thirty Years' War and was later appointed as the governor of the city of Magdeburg.

Another notable figure with the RESEBURG surname was Carl Friedrich Reseburg (1765-1842), a German architect and urban planner who designed several prominent buildings in Berlin and other cities during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Reseburg

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Reseburg.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Reseburg was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Reseburg has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Reseburg was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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