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The Burkart surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,056 people carried this name — #10,499 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 96,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,791 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,030 people named Burkart live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 257
Aargau 250
Zurich 151
St. Gallen 69
Zug 56
Thurgau 38
Schwyz 36
Bern 31

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 77 people named Burkart.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 20
Haut-Rhin 31
Allier 7
Paris 4
Bas-Rhin 4
Moselle 3
Territoire de Belfort 3
Isère 1
Manche 1

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 46 people named Burkart 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 Entre Ríos.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 24
Santa Fe 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Burkart in American newspapers,
1891–1909.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Burkart
The Anaconda Standard 1891-04-15
Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Burkart
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1909-01-21
Newspaper page from The Weekly Iberian carrying the name Burkart
The Weekly Iberian 1905-10-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,267 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Burkart,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Walo Burkart
    Walo Burkart 1887–1952 · forester
  • Joseph Burkart 1798–1874 · entomologist
  • Ignaz Burkart 1827–1904 · publisher
  • Augustin Burkart-Stalder 1842–1923 · privateer
  • Sebastian Burkart 1844–1923 · priest
  • Philipp Burkart 1850–2000 · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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