The Burckhardt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 429 people carried this name — #49,087 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 13% from 378 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
265 people named Burckhardt live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Burckhardt.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 70 people named Burckhardt live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Burckhardt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Burckhard 1539–1607 · librarian -
Andreas Burckhardt 1594–1651 · diplomat
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Heinrich Burckhardt 1515– · Vogt
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Johannes Burckhard 1538–1598
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Ursula Burckhardt 1567–1638
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Andreas Burckhardt 1604–1667 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Burckhardt.
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