Milburn (surname)

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Milburn is a surname. Its origin is English (Northumbria and Cumbria), and it is a habitational name from a place in Cumbria, named in Old English as 'millstream', from mylen 'mill' and burna 'stream'. [1]

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  1. "Milburn Name Meaning & Milburn History at Ancestry.com". ancestry.com. Retrieved 22 January 2015.