The Burda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,719 people carried this name — #16,662 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,680 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
4,514 people named Burda have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,422 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 86 people named Burda 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Burda.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Burda live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
30 people named Burda is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Burda,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vani Burda 1875–1949 · photographer -
Josef Antonín František Burda 1825–1886 · painter
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Wiktor Burda 1860–1933 · entrepreneur
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Jan Burda 1861–1938 · teacher
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Arthur Burda 1861–1926 · art historian
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Karel Jan Burda 1880–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Burda.
- Buratti 245 · U.S. census
- Buratto 109 · U.S. census
- Burban 107 · U.S. census
- Burck 509 · U.S. census
- Burckhardt 429 · U.S. census
- Burckle 129 · U.S. census
- Burdin 500 · U.S. census
- Burdon 354 · U.S. census
- Bure 236 · U.S. census
- Bureau 822 · U.S. census
- Burek 1,074 · U.S. census
- Burel 366 · U.S. census
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