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The Burkard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 894 people carried this name — #27,081 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 12% from 1,020 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Burkard surname

A surname from German, variant of Burkhart.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Burkard» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

945 people named Burkard live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 267
Lucerne 207
Zurich 123
Zug 67
Bern 38
Solothurn 33
Thurgau 29
St. Gallen 28

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 64 people named Burkard.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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

Born outside France 9
Haut-Rhin 15
Bas-Rhin 13
Yvelines 8
Moselle 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Paris 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Lot-et-Garonne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Burkard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mathias Burkard
    Mathias Burkard 1838–1922 · organ builder
  • Oscar Burkard
    Oscar Burkard 1877–1950 · military personnel
  • Franz Burkard d. 1584
  • Joseph Johann Norbert Burkhard 1731–1773 · teacher
  • Jakob Alexander Burkard 1869–1944 · composer
  • Heinrich Burkard 1884– · pianist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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