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    The surname Burmeister

    A German surname, carried by 4,543 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B652

    Burmeister: #7,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burmeister #7,338, 4,543 people Burmeister: #7,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burmeister #7,338, 4,543 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burmeister is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Burmeister.

    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 4,543 people named Burmeister in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,961 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,483.

    #7,338
    rank among US surnames
    4,543
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,903)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,335Delvecchio4,54867,886
    #7,336Gurney4,54767,901
    #7,337Amezquita4,54467,946
    #7,338Burmeister4,54367,961

    Who is named Burmeister

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

    96% of people named Burmeister identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burmeisters

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Saskia Burmeister
      Australian actress, born 1985

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Burmaster

    Surnames that sound like Burmeister

    Burmeister has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Burmeister come from?
    Borrowed from German Burmeister.
    How common is the surname Burmeister?
    4,543 people in the United States had the surname Burmeister in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,961 Americans. It ranked 7,338th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burmeister?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Burmeister identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Burmeister?
    Saskia Burmeister, Australian actress.
    Where is the surname Burmeister most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burmeister in Australia.
    Is the surname Burmeister getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,543 in 2010, up 1.3%.
    What are other spellings of Burmeister?
    Burmaster.