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The Burkhard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 899 people carried this name — #26,975 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 31% from 1,302 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Burkhard surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Old High German burg (“castle, fortress”) + hart (“hard”).

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,169 people named Burkhard live in Switzerland.

They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 701
Zurich 465
Aargau 176
Solothurn 110
Vaud 91
Lucerne 88
Basel-Landschaft 73
St. Gallen 71

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 152 people named Burkhard 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 78
Buenos Aires Province 53
Entre Ríos 21

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 90 people named Burkhard.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-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 13
Bas-Rhin 38
Haut-Rhin 9
Paris 4
Aisne 4
Moselle 3
Ardennes 3
Doubs 3
Indre-et-Loire 2

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

Who carried it

People named Burkhard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Franz Burkhard 1482–1539 · jurist
  • Johann Philipp Burkhard 1633–1698 · Catholic priest
  • Johann Rudolph Burkhard 1721–1784
  • Franz Burkhard 1838–1924 · copper engraver
  • Jakob Burkhard 1842–1925 · mayor
  • Albert Burkhard 1848–1908 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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