Bürkner Surname

559,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 567 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bürkner Surname User-submission:

Bürkner has its origins in bürge, which means 'someone whose words are trustworthy'.

Bürkner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5261:153,05218,330
Austria401:212,88626,249
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

The alternate forms: Burkner (108) are calculated separately.

Bürkner Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Bürkner has its origins in bürge, which means 'someone whose words are trustworthy'.

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Bürkner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bürkner occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Burkner. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bürkner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 559,940th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,852,815 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bürkner live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bürkner is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 526 people, or 1 in 153,052. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 19 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent reside and Bavaria, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burkner95108/
Bürckner9323/
Würkner86118/
Borkner86102/
Burckner8032/
Buerkner8021/
Boerkner801/
Borckner800/
Buerckner75157/
Birkneh711,776/
Wirkner71933/
Würknerová718/
Virkner715/
Wűrkner711/
Burcner711/
Workner710/
Wuerkner677/
Burkni628/
Wűrknerová591/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bürkner
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