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Early Origins of the Richburg family

The surname Richburg was first found in Prussia and Denmark, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation. Bad Rehburg is a village in the borough of Rehburg-Loccum in Lower Saxony and is a former spa resort in the Rehburg Hills range. Rehburg-Loccum is a town in the district of Nienburg of Lower Saxony.

Early History of the Richburg family

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Richburg Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Reberg, Reburg, Rhberg, Rehburg, Reiberg, Reiburg, Rechberg, Rechburg, Rechburger and many more.

Early Notables of the Richburg family

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Richburg Ranking

In the United States, the name Richburg is the 6,296th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Richburg family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Reberg, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1753; Sophia Reberg, age 6, and Gerhard Reberg, age 2, who arrived at Baltimore in 1832; Valentine, Reberger Jr., who arrived in Baltimore in 1848.


Contemporary Notables of the name Richburg (post 1700) +

  • Weston Blaine Richburg (b. 1991), American NFL football center for the New York Giants
  • Keith Richburg, American journalist, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post (1986-2005), author of Out of America, Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics
  • James Richburg, American poker player from Long Beach, California


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/


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