Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Burkhart

    A surname, carried by 16,526 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B626

    Burkhart: #2,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Burkhart #2,204, 16,526 people Burkhart: #2,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burkhart #2,204, 16,526 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burkhart is more common than 98.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,526 people named Burkhart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,682 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,718.

    #2,204
    rank among US surnames
    16,526
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,117)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,195Pickens16,57718,625
    #2,196Balderas16,57618,626
    #2,197Giordano16,56918,634
    #2,198Pappas16,55918,645
    #2,199Henning16,55718,647
    #2,200Schilling16,54618,660
    #2,202Duff16,53618,671

    Who is named Burkhart

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

    94% of people named Burkhart identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burkharts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ernest Burkhart
      American criminal (1892–1986)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Burkhart

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burkhart?
    16,526 people in the United States had the surname Burkhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,682 Americans. It ranked 2,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burkhart?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Burkhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Burkhart?
    Ernest Burkhart, American criminal (1892–1986).
    Where is the surname Burkhart most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burkhart in the United States.
    Is the surname Burkhart getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,526 in 2010, up 5.1%.