# Burger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,480 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,840 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,849 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.9% (19,654 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burger in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Burger in Austria, the United States, West Germany and Kingdom of the Netherlands.

## People named Burger

- Neil Burger, American director, writer and, producer
- Nina Burger, Austrian footballer
- Fritzi Burger, Austrian figure skater
- Anton Burger, Austrian war criminal (1911–1991)
- Wouter Burger, association football player
- Patrick Bürger, Austrian association football player
- Wilhelm J. Burger, Austrian photographer (1844–1920)

## Similar surnames

Berger, Barger, Borger, Brugger, Bridger, Buerger, Burkart, Burgard, Burgher, Barker, Broussard, Bergeron.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.