How common is the surname Burkhardt?

8,707 people in the United States had the surname Burkhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,459 Americans. It ranked 4,080th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Burkhardt?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Burkhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Burkhardt getting more or less common?

More common. 8,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,707 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Burkhardt

A German surname, carried by 8,707 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burkhardt is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,707 people named Burkhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,459 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,082.

#4,080

rank among US surnames

8,707

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,037)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,076	Santoro	8,713	35,435
#4,078	Lanning	8,711	35,443
#4,079	Plascencia	8,710	35,447
#4,080	Burkhardt	8,707	35,459

Who is named Burkhardt

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Burkhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burkhardt

Burkhardt has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Burkhardt come from?: Burkhardt is German in origin.
How common is the surname Burkhardt?: 8,707 people in the United States had the surname Burkhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,459 Americans. It ranked 4,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burkhardt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Burkhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Burkhardt getting more or less common?: More common. 8,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,707 in 2010, up 7.7%.