Burkard
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A surname from German, variant of Burkhart
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 14 countries · latest register: Dominica, 2025
/ˈbɝkɝd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Burkard is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 372K(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 9K
- DMDominica1 in 74K
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.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 219 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.0K (inferred from the name graph)
933 people, 2024
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A surname from German, variant of Burkhart
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world
(measured from records)Burkard 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 933 | 1 in 9K | 933 | Burkard | 26 |
| US United States | 894 | 1 in 372K | 1.3K | Burkard | 219 |
| IT Italy | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 280K | — | Burkard | 3 |
| EG Egypt | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 582K | — | Burkard | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 381K | — | Burkard | 40 |
| CA Canada | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 230K | — | Burkard | 37 |
| OM Oman | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Burkard | 3 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 124K | — | Burkard | 1 |
| DM Dominica | 1 | 1 in 74K | 1 | — | — |
933 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025. 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)- Oscar Burkardb. 1877DEUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1877-1950)
- August Burkardb. 1894DEGerman flying ace
- Erwin Burkardb. 1920DEGerman politician (1920-2010)
- Bob Burkardb. 1922USAmerican soccer player (1922-1992)
- Romuald Burkardb. 1925CHSwiss industrialist (1925–2004)
- Gert Burkardb. 1939DEGerman actor (1939-2004)
- Rainer Burkardb. 1943ATAustrian mathematician
- Alfredo Cristianib. 1947SVnot in their usual namePresident of El Salvador
- Katja Burkardb. 1965DEGerman television presenter
- Chris Burkardb. 1986USAmerican photographer
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)23 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #21,233 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1K | #23,300 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 933 | #1,275 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 894 | #27,081 |
| DM Dominica | Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #226 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Burkard mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname from German, variant of Burkhart Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Burkard?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɝkɝd/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Burkard have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 933 people named Burkard, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled burkard.
- Where is Burkard most common?
- Burkard is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 9.0 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Burkard?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 933 people named Burkard in 2024, about 1 in 9.0 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/burkardThe 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, “Burkard”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.