Burgy

surname · Latin script

Meaning: dérivé du germanique burg « protection »

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 744K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 20K
  • JOJordan≈1 in 39K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈520 people, est.

Sources
174 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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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)

recorded in French

dérivé du germanique burg « protection ».

Sources 1

  • Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

Where in the world(measured from records)

Burgy 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 Burgy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈520 est.≈1 in 130K54—5
US United States4471 in 744K500Burgy174
CH Switzerland4201 in 20K420Burgy26
JO Jordan≈280 est.≈1 in 39K—Burgy1
EG Egypt≈140 est.≈1 in 757K—Burgy2
NL Netherlands≈45 est.≈1 in 387K—Burgy9
BZ Belize≈8 est.≈1 in 53K—Burgy1

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 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Burgy is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Switzerland, United States, Canada

    Also written Bürgy

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, Argentina, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bürgy

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bürgy

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Bürgy

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Bürgy

34 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)

1850190019502000Goaitsen Burgy, b. 1886Claude Burgy, b. 1948Étienne Burgy, b. 1961Carine Burgy, b. 1970

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 Burgy,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Burgy
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000500#41,130
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020461#49,315
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010447#47,429
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024180#6,841
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196198—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194191—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197185—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192185—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198183—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190179—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193176—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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 Burgy?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɝdʒi/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Burgy mean?
Recorded meaning: dérivé du germanique burg « protection ».
In which country does Burgy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 522 people named Burgy in France, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Burgy most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Burgy is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 20 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Burgy?
In the United States, the national register counted 447 people named Burgy in 2010, about 1 in 744 thousand residents.

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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, “Burgy”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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