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

Burgers, 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 Burgers surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Burgers in America

Burgers is the 76768th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Burgers surname appeared 250 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 Burgers.

We can also compare 2010 data for Burgers 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 Burgers

The surname BURGERS has its origins in the Netherlands, where it emerged as an occupational name in the Middle Ages. The progenitors of the surname were likely individuals who resided in or near a town or village, and their occupation involved baking or selling burgers, which were small bread rolls made from fermented dough.

The name is derived from the Dutch word "burger," meaning "citizen" or "burgher," which itself is derived from the Middle Dutch word "burchter," meaning "inhabitant of a fortified town." This connection to urban settlements suggests that the BURGERS surname initially referred to individuals who lived within the confines of a walled town or city.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the BURGERS surname can be found in the archives of the city of Leiden, where a certain Willem Burgers is mentioned in a document dated 1382. Another early reference comes from the town of Dordrecht, where a man named Jan Burgers was recorded as a resident in 1429.

In the 16th century, the BURGERS surname appeared in various historical records across the Netherlands. Notably, a certain Pieter Burgers was mentioned in a manuscript from the city of Amsterdam in 1562, while a merchant named Dirk Burgers was recorded as having lived in Rotterdam in 1589.

As the Dutch Empire expanded its influence across the globe, the BURGERS surname spread to other regions, including South Africa, where it was introduced by Dutch settlers in the 17th century. One prominent individual bearing this surname was Andries Pretorius Burgers (1824-1885), a South African politician who served as the fourth President of the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal Republic) from 1872 to 1877.

Other notable individuals with the BURGERS surname include Johannes Martinus Burgers (1895-1981), a Dutch physicist best known for his work on the Burgers equation in fluid dynamics, and Pieter Burgers (1917-2001), a Dutch economist and professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

In the realm of art, the name BURGERS is associated with the Dutch painter Hendrick Burgers (1633-1670), who was known for his landscapes and city views, as well as his son, Hendrick Burgers Jr. (1659-1727), who also pursued a career as a painter.

While the BURGERS surname originated in the Netherlands, it has since spread to other parts of the world, including Belgium, Germany, and the United States, where it was brought by Dutch immigrants in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Burgers

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

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 Burgers 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 Burgers 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 Burgers was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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