Bürge Surname
Approximately 1,609 people bear this surname
Bürge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1,180 | 1:6,960 | 1,112 |
| Turkey | 302 | 1:257,687 | 17,701 |
| Germany | 46 | 1:1,750,119 | 100,509 |
| Hungary | 44 | 1:223,097 | 18,334 |
| Northern Cyprus | 18 | 1:17,723 | 4,398 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Burge (23,178) & Burgé (18) are calculated separately.
Bürge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bürge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bürge is more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Burge or Burgé. For other potential spellings of Bürge click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bürge? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 247,201st most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 4,529,239 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Bürge live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Bürge is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is carried by 1,180 people, or 1 in 6,960. In Switzerland Bürge is primarily concentrated in: Canton of St Gallen, where 37 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 16 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Switzerland this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 19 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Bürge
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