The Burkhart surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 15,718 people carried this name — #2,117 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,200 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
428 people named Burkhart live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Burkhart.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Burkhart in American newspapers,
1893–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,010 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Burkhart,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernest Burkhart 1892–1986 · military personnel -
Ursula Maria Burkhart 1961– · stage actor -
Steffi Burkhart 1985– · psychologist -
Jessica Burkhart 1987– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 69 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Burkhart.
- Burkart 2,791 · U.S. census
- Burke 119,175 · U.S. census
- Burkel 682 · U.S. census
- Burkhalter 4,966 · U.S. census
- Burkhard 1,302 · U.S. census
- Burkhardt 8,082 · U.S. census
- Burki 271 · U.S. census
- Burle 168 · U.S. census
- Burlett 183 · U.S. census
- Burlin 321 · U.S. census
- Burner 2,164 · U.S. census
- Burnet 566 · U.S. census
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