The Burdick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,081 people carried this name — #2,567 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (14,131).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

120 families named Burdick, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 678 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Rhode Island 61
New York 31
Connecticut 14
Massachusetts 9
Vermont 3
Virginia 1
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 232 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Burdick in American newspapers,
1903.

Newspaper page from The Mitchell Capital carrying the name Burdick
The Mitchell Capital 1903-03-27
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Burdick
The Portland Daily Press 1903-03-25
Newspaper page from The Courier-journal carrying the name Burdick
The Courier-journal 1903-03-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 91,059 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Burdick in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

323 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Burdick. The most, 162, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 134
New South Wales 112
Queensland 24
Western Australia 23
South Australia 17
Tasmania 7
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Burdick.

Who carried it

People named Burdick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Theodore Weld Burdick
    Theodore Weld Burdick 1836–1898 · politician
  • Lydie Amy Burdick d. 1962
  • Thomas Burdick d. 1752
  • Robert Burdick 1630–1692 · deacon
  • Robert Burdick 1630–1692 · deacon
  • Robert Burdick 1630–1692 · deacon

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Burdick,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,614 records

1,614 records of the Burdick name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 539
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 437
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 287
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 254
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 55
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • Sacramento County historic burials 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Cedric E. Burdick

    Born 1911 in Rhode Island. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery, Rhode Island.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Stewart C. Burdick

    Born 1931; from Otsego County, New York. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lisette Burdick

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1866 aboard the J.l. Thiermann from Bremen, aged 23; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,614 records for Burdick in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada11 records

11 records of the Burdick name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Lenora Burdick

    Died 1985; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Rupert Burdick

    Died 1970 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, aged 79.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Carl James Burdick

    Died in service in 1919.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 11 records for Burdick in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Germany8 records

8 records of the Burdick name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Burdick

    From Ruschendorf, Vechta. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 4 December 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 128).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franz Bürdick

    From Hüde, Vechta. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 8 May 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 79).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 8 records for Burdick in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Burdick name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Samuel Burdick

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Epaminondas, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Burdick

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Epaminondas, aged 1.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Burdick

    Sailed from Victoria in 1856 aboard the Wonga Wonga I, bound for Sydney, aged 39.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Burdick in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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