Explore the Family Name Burtner

The meaning of Burtner

Americanized form of German Bortner and possibly also of Pörtner (see Portner) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.

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How common is the last name Burtner in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Burtner has seen a slight decline in popularity over the years, moving from 24,892nd place in 2000 to 25,975th place in 2010, marking a 4.35% decrease. The count for this surname, however, saw a minute increase of 0.75%, going from 938 in 2000 to 945 in 2010. This indicates that the proportion of people carrying the Burtner surname per 100,000 individuals dropped by 8.57% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,892	#25,975	-4.35%
Count	938	945	0.75%
Proportion per 100k	0.35	0.32	-8.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Burtner

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some changes in the ethnic identity connected to the Burtner surname between 2000 and 2010. While the percentage of those identifying as White decreased slightly from 97.23% to 94.71%, there was a notable increase in the percentages of those identifying as Hispanic and with two or more races. The Hispanic representation increased by 149.41%, going from 0.85% to 2.12%, while the category of two or more races saw a 123.53% increase, jumping from 0.85% to 1.90%. The Asian/Pacific Islander category remained fairly stable with a marginal decrease of 0.93%. Notably, there was no change for those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native, with both categories remaining at 0% in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.23%	94.71%	-2.59%
Hispanic	0.85%	2.12%	149.41%
Two or More Races	0.85%	1.9%	123.53%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.07%	1.06%	-0.93%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%