Burmeister Surname
Approximately 23,355 people bear this surname
Burmeister Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the mayor,' an importation. Dutch, burgomaster; German, Birgemeistir.
Burmeister Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 14,626 | 1:5,504 | 664 |
| United States | 6,259 | 1:57,910 | 6,866 |
| South Africa | 1,013 | 1:53,482 | 6,787 |
| Denmark | 372 | 1:15,174 | 1,487 |
| Australia | 233 | 1:115,861 | 12,852 |
| Brazil | 119 | 1:1,798,944 | 58,246 |
| New Zealand | 91 | 1:49,762 | 8,043 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| Sweden | 65 | 1:151,489 | 10,616 |
| Chile | 58 | 1:303,732 | 8,727 |
| Netherlands | 57 | 1:296,266 | 35,624 |
| Hungary | 54 | 1:181,783 | 15,754 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 1:171,102 | 15,661 |
| Finland | 41 | 1:134,066 | 12,676 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Norway | 19 | 1:270,647 | 28,127 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Greenland | 7 | 1:8,054 | 710 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 490 | 1:102,487 | 10,363 |
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.
(German) One who tilled the land, a farmer.
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.
Burmeister Demographics
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Burmeister Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burmeister Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Burmeister (Arabic: بورمايستر) is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Burmeister? popularity and diffusion
The surname Burmeister is the 23,209th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 312,034 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Burmeister reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 17 people.
It is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 14,626 people, or 1 in 5,504. In Germany Burmeister is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 25 percent reside, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 25 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname occurs in 54 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
Burmeister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Burmeister has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Burmeister surname grew 1,277 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 556 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Burmeister Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Burmeister last name are 25.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US 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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Burmeister in the Arabic language | ||
| بورمايستر | bwrmaystr | - |
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