Buerki
surname · Latin script
Buerki is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 2.7Kas Bürki(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 1.2Mas Burki
- KWKuwait≈1 in 296K
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 Buerki 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.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 149 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 296K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,200 named Burki, est.
Highest-authority source
Kuwait, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Burki in US United States, CH Switzerland, PK Pakistan and 4 more.
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 in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Buerki 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 3 | Burki | 28 |
| CH Switzerland | #220 | 3,125as Bürki | 1 in 2.7K | 3.1K | Burki | 37 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 125K | — | Burki | 1 |
| US United States | — | 269as Burki | 1 in 1.2M | 326 | Burki | 149 |
| AR Argentina | — | 218as Burki | 1 in 209K | 218 | — | 1 |
| LY Libya | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Burki | 6 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈94 est. | ≈1 in 106K | — | Burki | 12 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 296K | — | Burki | 5 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) — Form-33 List of Contesting Candidates, 2018 General Election. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lena Buerkib. 2008CHSwiss diver
- Sven BuerkiCHbotanist
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- In which country does Buerki have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.2 thousand people named Burki in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Buerki?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 3,125 people named Bürki in 2024, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Buerki compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Buerki is the 220th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Buerki?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/buerkiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Buerki” — the 220th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.