Burmester Surname

52,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,801 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Burmester Surname Definition:

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

Burmester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,0461:11,4261,463
United States1,1901:304,58728,026
Australia4371:61,7757,463
Portugal2741:38,0232,283
New Zealand1351:33,5435,806
Peru1271:250,26910,322
Denmark1051:53,7595,507
England891:626,04636,944
South Africa781:694,58649,962
Guatemala591:272,5884,297
Brazil541:3,964,339108,357
Chile371:476,12112,335
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Austria171:500,90847,931
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
France21:33,211,361423,184
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States961:523,11136,402

The alternate forms: Burméster (1) are calculated separately.

Burmester 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

“Mayor” in Low German (Burgermeister).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(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

Burmester Last Name Facts

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

The last name Burmester (Arabic: بورمستر) is found most frequently in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms: Burméster. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burmester? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 52,247th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 743,551 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Burmester are found; 72 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 7,046 people, or 1 in 11,426. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 31 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent reside and Hamburg, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Germany Burmester is found in 44 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Burmester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Burmester has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,240 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 445 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Burmester Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Burmester surname are 20.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.8% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Burmester earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 116.81% more than the national average, earning 750,346 kr per year; in Peru they earn 170.32% more than the national average, earning S/. 52,402 per year; in South Africa they earn 66.9% more than the national average, earning R 396,612 per year; in United States they earn 10.07% more than the national average, earning $47,492 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $51,298 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Burmester Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Burmester in the Arabic language
بورمسترbwrmstr-

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