Burmester Surname
Approximately 9,801 people bear this surname
Burmester Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the mayor,' an importation. Dutch, burgomaster; German, Birgemeistir.
Burmester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7,046 | 1:11,426 | 1,463 |
| United States | 1,190 | 1:304,587 | 28,026 |
| Australia | 437 | 1:61,775 | 7,463 |
| Portugal | 274 | 1:38,023 | 2,283 |
| New Zealand | 135 | 1:33,543 | 5,806 |
| Peru | 127 | 1:250,269 | 10,322 |
| Denmark | 105 | 1:53,759 | 5,507 |
| England | 89 | 1:626,046 | 36,944 |
| South Africa | 78 | 1:694,586 | 49,962 |
| Guatemala | 59 | 1:272,588 | 4,297 |
| Brazil | 54 | 1:3,964,339 | 108,357 |
| Chile | 37 | 1:476,121 | 12,335 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 96 | 1:523,111 | 36,402 |
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.
“Mayor” in Low German (Burgermeister).
(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.
Burmester Demographics
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burméster | 96 | 1 | / |
| Burmeister | 95 | 23,355 | / |
| Buhrmester | 95 | 833 | / |
| Burmeyster | 95 | 32 | / |
| Burmeester | 95 | 21 | / |
| Burmiester | 95 | 18 | / |
| Burhmester | 95 | 6 | / |
| Burmejster | 95 | 4 | / |
| Bourmester | 95 | 1 | / |
| Burmeste | 94 | 1 | / |
| Buhrmeister | 90 | 68 | / |
| Buurmeester | 90 | 61 | / |
| Burmeistere | 90 | 57 | / |
| Baurmeister | 90 | 23 | / |
| Buurmeister | 90 | 21 | / |
| Bourmeyster | 90 | 14 | / |
| Burmeiseter | 90 | 1 | / |
| Burrmeister | 90 | 1 | / |
| Buermeister | 90 | 0 | / |
| Bourmeister | 90 | 0 | / |
| Beurmeister | 90 | 0 | / |
| Burhmeister | 90 | 0 | / |
| Burmaster | 89 | 987 | / |
| Burmister | 89 | 54 | / |
| Burmyster | 89 | 15 | / |
| Burmäster | 89 | 6 | / |
| Burmesteu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Burmeuter | 89 | 1 | / |
| Burmoster | 89 | 0 | / |
| Bormester | 89 | 0 | / |
| Buhrmaster | 84 | 234 | / |
| Wurmeister | 84 | 100 | / |
| Bormeister | 84 | 61 | / |
| Burmajster | 84 | 28 | / |
| Burhmaster | 84 | 3 | / |
| Burmayster | 84 | 2 | / |
| Burmistere | 84 | 1 | / |
| Burmaister | 84 | 1 | / |
| Buermaster | 84 | 0 | / |
| Bourmaster | 84 | 0 | / |
| Baurmaster | 84 | 0 | / |
| Burmette | 82 | 3 | / |
| Burmeisterová | 82 | 1 | / |
| Boermeester | 80 | 189 | / |
| Borrmeister | 80 | 30 | / |
| Buurmaister | 80 | 1 | / |
| Biermeister | 80 | 1 | / |
| Boermesster | 80 | 1 | / |
| Boormeister | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bourmaister | 80 | 0 | / |
| Boermeister | 80 | 0 | / |
| Burmistre | 78 | 8 | / |
| Burmastir | 78 | 0 | / |
| Burmeista | 78 | 0 | / |
| Burmeta | 75 | 25 | / |
| Wormeester | 74 | 43 | / |
| Vormeister | 74 | 14 | / |
| Bormaister | 74 | 7 | / |
| Wormmester | 74 | 2 | / |
| Wormeister | 74 | 2 | / |
| Vurmette | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wormmeester | 70 | 168 | / |
| Vormister | 67 | 24 | / |
Burmester Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Burmester in the Arabic language | ||
| بورمستر | bwrmstr | - |
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