Burgdorff Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Burgdorff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Burgdorff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1401:575,03946,885
United States1251:2,899,671170,778
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States741:678,63144,191

Burgdorff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Burgdorff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Burgdorff is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Burgdorff.

How Common Is The Last Name Burgdorff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 942,947th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Burgdorff are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 575,039. In Germany Burgdorff is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 61 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 14 percent live and Hamburg, where 8 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 45 percent live and Denmark, where 4 percent live.

Burgdorff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Burgdorff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Burgdorff surname increased 169 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Burgdorff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Burgdorff are 25.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.73% being registered with the party.

Burgdorff earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.86% more than the national average, earning $53,445 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burghdorff951/
Burgdorf943,092/
Borgdorff89300/
Burghdorf89102/
Burgdurff8960/
Burggdorf891/
Burgdorrf890/
Bourgdorf890/
Burghdurff840/
Borgdorf82138/
Burkdorf8229/
Burgdurf823/
Burgdorfová801/
Burghdurf7853/
Burghderf780/
Burghdorph740/
Bourghdurf740/
Burkdurf710/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Burgdorff
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