Burgener

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈbɝɡinɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Burgener is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 5.1K(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina1 in 269K
  • USUnited States1 in 312K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Burgener itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

1,649 people, 2024

Sources
91 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 5.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bürgener in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Burgener counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Burgener is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland#9561,6491 in 5.1K1.6KBurgener54
US United States—1,0651 in 312K1.1KBurgener91
AR Argentina—1691 in 269K169——
DE Germany—≈130 est.≈1 in 597K—Bürgener35
AT Austria—≈4 est.≈1 in 2.1M—Burgener12

1,649 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Burgener is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bürgener

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Switzerland, United States

    Also written Bürgener

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Franz Joseph Burgener, b. 1697Alexander Burgener, b. 1845Karl Burgener, b. 1918Clair Burgener, b. 1921Erich Burgener, b. 1951Hans Burgener, b. 1952Thomas Burgener, b. 1954Christine Schraner Burgener, b. 1963Hans Burgener, b. 1964Manuel Burgener, b. 1978

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Burgener,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Burgener
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20241.6K#617
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.1K#24,366
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.1K#23,750
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001K#23,104
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—169—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Burgener?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɝɡinɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Burgener have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Burgener, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled burgener.
Where is Burgener most common?
Burgener is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.1 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Burgener?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 1,649 people named Burgener in 2024, about 1 in 5.1 thousand residents.
How common is Burgener compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Burgener is the 956th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Burgener” — the 956th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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