Bürgermeister Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Bürgermeister Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 280 | 1:287,519 | 29,928 |
| Austria | 139 | 1:61,262 | 9,543 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
The alternate forms: Burgermeister (942) & Bűrgermeister (11) are calculated separately.
Bürgermeister Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bürgermeister Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bürgermeister occurs most in Germany. It can also occur as a variant: Burgermeister or Bűrgermeister. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bürgermeister? popularity and diffusion
Bürgermeister is the 651,048th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bürgermeister reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 287,519. In Germany Bürgermeister is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 35 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent live and Thuringia, where 13 percent live. Barring Germany this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 30 percent live and Czechia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgermeister | 97 | 942 | / |
| Bűrgermeister | 97 | 11 | / |
| Borgermeister | 92 | 10 | / |
| Bürgermeisterová | 90 | 12 | / |
| Burgermeiszter | 89 | 45 | / |
| Buergermeister | 89 | 35 | / |
| Burgermister | 88 | 0 | / |
| Burgermeester | 85 | 1 | / |
| Bűrgermeisterová | 83 | 7 | / |
| Burgermeisterová | 83 | 5 | / |
| Burgermeisterova | 83 | 1 | / |
| Burgermaster | 80 | 11 | / |
| Burgermajster | 77 | 3 | / |
| Burgermeestre | 77 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bürgermeister
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