Bürgers Surname

883,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bürgers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bürgers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2971:271,06228,716
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Burgers (5,851) are calculated separately.

Bürgers Last Name Facts

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

Bürgers occurs most in Germany. It can appear as a variant: Burgers. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bürgers.

How Common Is The Last Name Bürgers? popularity and diffusion

Bürgers is the 883,255th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name Bürgers is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Bürgers live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Bürgers is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 297 people, or 1 in 271,062. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent live, Bavaria, where 6 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burgers955,851/
Borgers863,523/
Boergers8066/
Borghers8025/
Buergers8021/
Burghers8017/
Borgerås8014/
Burgerss806/
Burguers801/
Beurgers801/
Burggers801/
Burghersh751/
Vorgers71166/
Burgors712/
Burzers710/
Burgars710/
Borsers710/
Burhers710/
Borchers6715,343/
Burchers6747/
Bourhers672/
Vourgers671/
Burgairs670/
Boerchers6338/
Borzchers631/
Burchears631/
Borschers630/
Boorchers630/
Virgirs570/

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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 Bürgers
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