Burmeister Surname

23,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Burmeister Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the mayor,' an importation. Dutch, burgomaster; German, Birgemeistir.

Burmeister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany14,6261:5,504664
United States6,2591:57,9106,866
South Africa1,0131:53,4826,787
Denmark3721:15,1741,487
Australia2331:115,86112,852
Brazil1191:1,798,94458,246
New Zealand911:49,7628,043
Canada801:460,57039,784
Sweden651:151,48910,616
Chile581:303,7328,727
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
Hungary541:181,78315,754
England501:1,114,36153,243
Switzerland481:171,10215,661
Finland411:134,06612,676
Thailand281:2,522,798271,580
Austria241:354,81038,119
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Norway191:270,64728,127
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Greenland71:8,054710
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
France41:16,605,680368,153
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
China21:683,660,78330,601
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4901:102,48710,363

Burmeister (17) may also be a first name.

Burmeister Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the mayor,' an importation. Dutch, burgomaster; German, Birgemeistir.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(German) One who tilled the land, a farmer.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

BURMISTER: A mayor, or chief officer of a borough (burgi magister), a corruption either of the German burgemeister, the Dutch burgomaster, the Bussian bourmister, or the Danish bovgemester.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Burmeister Last Name Facts

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

The surname Burmeister (Arabic: بورمايستر) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burmeister? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 23,209th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 312,034 people. The last name Burmeister occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Burmeister live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held given name globally It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 14,626 people, or 1 in 5,504. In Germany it is most common in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 25 percent live, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 25 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Excluding Germany it is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Burmeister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Burmeister has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Burmeister last name rose 1,277 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 556 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Burmeister Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Burmeister last name are 25.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.23% registered with the political party.

The amount Burmeister earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 0.78% more than the national average, earning 348,778 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 8.85% more than the national average, earning R 258,672 per year; in United States they earn 7.85% more than the national average, earning $46,536 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.96% less than the national average, earning $48,711 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Burmeister Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Burmeister in the Arabic language
بورمايسترbwrmaystr-

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