The Burgio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,021 people carried this name — #24,499 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,004 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Burgio surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Arabic بُرْج (burj, “tower”) + -io.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Burgio» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 291 people named Burgio 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 112 people named Burgio.
Most of them — 74 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 52 people named Burgio live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Burgio live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Burgio.
- Burger 19,480 · U.S. census
- Burgermeister 126 · U.S. census
- Burgert 403 · U.S. census
- Burget 537 · U.S. census
- Burghard 213 · U.S. census
- Burghart 343 · U.S. census
- Burgos 25,169 · U.S. census
- Burgstahler 271 · U.S. census
- Burgun 119 · U.S. census
- Burgunder 143 · U.S. census
- Burgy 447 · U.S. census
- Burin 208 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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