Bürki Surname

121,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,784 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bürki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bürki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland3,7111:2,213234
Germany471:1,712,88299,068
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Burki (3,512) are calculated separately.

Bürki Last Name Facts

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

Bürki occurs most in Switzerland. It can also appear as: Burki. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bürki? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 121,086th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,925,884 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bürki live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 3,711 people, or 1 in 2,213. In Switzerland Bürki is most common in: Canton of Bern, where 51 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 11 percent are found and Canton of St Gallen, where 7 percent are found. Other than Switzerland this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burki933,512/
Bürcki911/
Bürke80901/
Borki80689/
Bürky8026/
Bourki731,061/
Bürker73313/
Bührke73198/
Buerki73133/
Burkhi73114/
Borkai73100/
Bürcky7360/
Bhurki7355/
Burkie7330/
Burkei7329/
Burzki7328/
Burkai733/
Borkoi732/
Borcki732/
Borkői731/
Burkij731/
Bürket731/
Borkhi731/
Burkiy731/
Borgki731/
Borkei731/
Bierki731/
Burkhai6753/
Burkich6730/
Burkhiy676/
Bourgki676/
Boerkei675/
Burkiss673/
Bürcker672/
Burckie672/
Burkish671/
Bourkis671/
Bhurkhi671/
Burkait671/
Butrkit671/
Borkhoi671/
Burkeit671/
Bourkai671/
Bürkhed671/
Burkchi671/
Burkith670/

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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 Bürki
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