The Burkett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,369 people carried this name — #1,852 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 17,959 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 101 people named Burkett 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 Santa Fe.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 101

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

In print

Burkett in American newspapers,
1891–1921.

Newspaper page from The Commercial carrying the name Burkett
The Commercial 1915-09-24
Newspaper page from The Olympia Tribune carrying the name Burkett
The Olympia Tribune 1891-10-23
Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Burkett
The Laramie Republican 1921-09-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 65,225 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Burkett in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

6,741 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Burkett. The most, 1,435, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 4.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 2,560
Victoria 1,307
New South Wales 1,002
Queensland 788
Tasmania 615
South Australia 428
ACT (Canberra) 18
Northern Territory 17

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

Who carried it

People named Burkett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elmer Burkett
    Elmer Burkett 1867–1935 · lawyer
  • Jesse Burkett
    Jesse Burkett 1868–1953 · baseball player
  • Charles William Burkett
    Charles William Burkett 1873–1962 · writer
  • Bartine Burkett
    Bartine Burkett 1898–1994 · actor
  • Thomas Burkett 1762–1792
  • Albert Delson Burkett 1879–1946 · writer

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 Burkett,
in the records of 5 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 States1,068 records

1,068 records of the Burkett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 658
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 239
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 46
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 37
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 35
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 34
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 9
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Merritt R. Burkett

    Born 1929; from Wood County, Ohio. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea. Buried at West Union Cemetery, Gibsonburg, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Claude E. Burkett

    Born 1919 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland; furnaceman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Biddy Burkett

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Jane from Liverpool, aged 40; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 1,068 records for Burkett in the United States.

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

Australia242 records

242 records of the Burkett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 136
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 35
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 32
  • Tasmanian Names Index 29
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 4
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Thomas Sharp Burkett

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the England, arriving 1826; certificate of freedom 1832.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alex H. Burkett

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Ivanhoe, aged 47; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Clarence George Peter Burkett

    Retired of Mount Waverley, Victoria; died 1977.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 242 records for Burkett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada19 records

19 records of the Burkett name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 12
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Florence G. Burkett

    Died 1922; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Agnes McNeil Burkett

    Died 1951 in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    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 Stanley Alvin Burkett

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 19 records for Burkett in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. 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).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Burkett name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ellen Burkett

    Died 1920, aged 77; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Florance Burkett

    Died 1883; buried at Rutherford Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Benjamin Burkett

    Died 1889, aged 39; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Burkett name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Burkett

    Essex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Burkett

    King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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