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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Anglo-Saxon
Meaning & History
The ancient roots of the Yarbrough family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Yarbrough comes from when the family lived in either the parish or the hamlet called Yarborough in the county of Lincolnshire. The surname Yarbrough belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names.
Surname Yarbrough was first found in Lincolnshire at Yarbourgh or Yaburgh, in the hundred of Louth-Eske. The name was listed as Gereburg in the Domesday Book and literally means "the earthwork, or the fortification built of earth" derived from the Old English word "eorth-burgh".
Surname Yarbrough was first found in Lincolnshire at Yarbourgh or Yaburgh, in the hundred of Louth-Eske. The name was listed as Gereburg in the Domesday Book and literally means "the earthwork, or the fortification built of earth" derived from the Old English word "eorth-burgh".