Burgmann
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Burg- + man 'man, retainer; castle man'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/bɝɡmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Burgmann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 111K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 156K
- ATAustria≈1 in 198K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 66 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 111K (inferred from the name graph)
≈720 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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(measured from records)
from Burg- + man 'man, retainer; castle man'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Burgmann 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 111K | — | Burgmann | 63 |
| AU Australia | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 156K | — | Burgmann | 65 |
| US United States | ≈97 est. | ≈1 in 3.4M | listed | Burgmann | 66 |
| IT Italy | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Burgmann | 10 |
| FR France | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | 5 | Burgmann | 57 |
| AT Austria | ≈45 est. | ≈1 in 198K | — | Burgmann | 18 |
| CH Switzerland | 16 | 1 in 525K | 16 | Burgmann | 6 |
| LB Lebanon | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 900K | — | Burgmann | 1 |
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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Burgmann is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from Burg; also burg commander/resident, town judge
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, Zu mhd. burcman, mnd. borchman: Burgmann/Lehnsinhaber; 335 Belege. Karte zeigt u-Form vs. o-Form.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nikolaus Burgmannb. 1374DEGerman historian
- Johann Burgmannb. 1589DEGerman judge
- Johann Georg Burgmannb. 1647DEGerman jurist
- Max Burgmannb. 1844DEGerman politician (1844-1929)
- Rudolf Burgmannb. 1874ATAustrian teacher and politician (1874-1943)
- Ernest Burgmannb. 1885Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn; Bishop of Goulburn
- Hans Burgmannb. 1914DEGerman theologian (1914-1992)
- Dieter Burgmannb. 1939DEGerman politician
- Meredith Anne Burgmannb. 1947AUAustralian politician (1947- )
- Verity Burgmannb. 1952AUAustralian academic and activist
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 16 | #43,070 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 3 | — |
| 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
- What does the name Burgmann mean, and where does it come from?
- from Burg- + man 'man, retainer; castle man' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Burgmann?
- A machine transcription gives /bɝɡmən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Burgmann have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 723 people named Burgmann in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled burgmann.
- How common is the name Burgmann?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 16 people named Burgmann in 2024, about 1 in 525 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/burgmannThe 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, “Burgmann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.