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The Burkhardt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,707 people carried this name — #4,080 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 8,082 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Burkhardt 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 «Burkhardt» (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

1,334 people named Burkhardt live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 284
Bern 237
Aargau 125
Lucerne 98
Solothurn 94
Basel-Landschaft 72
Thurgau 67
Basel-Stadt 52

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 134 people named Burkhardt.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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 36
Bas-Rhin 31
Haut-Rhin 14
Paris 10
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Moselle 7
Essonne 4
Allier 3
Yvelines 3

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 29 people named Burkhardt 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 15
Santa Fe 14

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

In print

Burkhardt in American newspapers,
1892–1930.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Burkhardt
The Anaconda Standard 1892-07-18
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Burkhardt
The Milwaukee Leader 1930-02-04
Newspaper page from The Ranch carrying the name Burkhardt
The Ranch 1913-07-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,142 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Burkhardt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Burkhardt d. 1915 · lawyer
  • Johann Friedrich Burkhardt d. 1807 · pastor
  • Johann Leopold Burkhardt 1673–1741 · organ builder
  • Johannes Burkhardt 1729–1803
  • Regina Katharina Burkhardt 1753–1783
  • Catharina Rosa Burkhardt 1765–1837

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

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