Find out how popular the last name Burbick is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Burbick.

Burbick, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Burbick surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Burbick in America

Burbick is the 110825th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Burbick surname appeared 159 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Burbick.

We can also compare 2010 data for Burbick to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Burbick

The surname Burbick is believed to have originated in Germany, likely in the late medieval period around the 14th or 15th century. It is derived from the Germanic root words "bur" meaning a fortified house or dwelling, and "bick" which is a diminutive suffix, indicating a small or modest dwelling.

The earliest recorded examples of the Burbick surname can be found in various German parish records and census records from the 16th and 17th centuries. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans Burbick, a farmer who lived in the village of Roßbach in Bavaria in the late 1500s.

In the 17th century, the name appears in records from the town of Bürbick near Düsseldorf, which may have been a place of origin for some branches of the family. It is possible that the surname was originally derived from this place name, or that the place name itself was derived from an earlier bearer of the surname.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Burbick name spread throughout various regions of Germany, with notable individuals including Johann Burbick (1745-1821), a clockmaker from Augsburg, and Katharina Burbick (1782-1856), a writer and poet from Nuremberg.

As German emigration to other parts of Europe and the Americas increased in the 19th century, the Burbick surname began to appear in records from various countries. In the United States, one of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was Friedrich Burbick, who arrived in New York from Bavaria in 1842.

Other notable individuals with the Burbick surname throughout history include Wilhelm Burbick (1864-1931), a German architect who designed several notable buildings in Berlin; Hans-Joachim Burbick (1897-1966), a German military officer who served in both World Wars; and Erika Burbick (1922-2008), a German-American artist and sculptor based in New York City.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Burbick

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Burbick.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Burbick was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Burbick has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Burbick was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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