Burkhart
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Germanic *burg- 'protection' + *hardu- 'hard, strong'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbɝkhɑɹt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Burkhart is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
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 Germanic *burg- 'protection' + *hardu- 'hard, strong'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Burkhart counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 17K | — |
| CH Switzerland | — | 428 | — |
| FR France | — | 28 | — |
| ES Spain | — | 16 | — |
| NO Norway | — | 8 | — |
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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)
Burkhart 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, a male given name from Old High German, a less common variant of Burkhard
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Familienname zu ahd. burg 'Burg' + hard 'hart, kühn'; zeigt Auslautvariation d/dt/t nach r. 1531 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
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)
- Ernest Burkhartb. 1892USAmerican criminal (1892–1986)
- Emerson Burkhartb. 1905USAmerican artist (1905–1969)
- Donald Burkhartb. 1948USAmerican politician
- Kathe Burkhartb. 1958USAmerican artist and writer (born 1958)
- Louise Burkhartb. 1958USAmerican academic
- Ursula Maria Burkhartb. 1961DEGerman film actor and stage actor
- Morgan Burkhartb. 1972USAmerican baseball player
- Katie Burkhartb. 1986USAmerican softball player
- Kyle Burkhartb. 1986USplayer of American football
- Jessica Burkhartb. 1987USAmerican writer
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 25 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 17K | #2,204 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 16K | #2,117 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 15K | #2,341 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 428 | #3,060 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 35 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 19 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 16 | #94,489 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name 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 Burkhart mean, and where does it come from?
- from Germanic *burg- 'protection' + *hardu- 'hard, strong' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What are other forms of the name Burkhart?
- In the etymology graph, Burchard is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Burkhart?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɝkhɑɹt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Burkhart have the most bearers?
- Burkhart is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Burkhart?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/burkhartThe 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, “Burkhart”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.