The Burgermeister surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 126 people carried this name — #133,863 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 7% from 135 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
251 people named Burgermeister live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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 79 people named Burgermeister.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Haut-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.
Who carried it
People named Burgermeister,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franz Burgermeister 1905–1986 · entomologist
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Jane Burgermeister 1966– · journalist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Burgermeister.
- Burg 4,919 · U.S. census
- Burgan 2,391 · U.S. census
- Burgard 1,533 · U.S. census
- Burgart 200 · U.S. census
- Burge 10,364 · U.S. census
- Burger 19,480 · U.S. census
- Burgert 403 · U.S. census
- Burget 537 · U.S. census
- Burghard 213 · U.S. census
- Burghart 343 · U.S. census
- Burgio 1,021 · U.S. census
- Burgos 25,169 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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