Burkhalter Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

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The meaning behind Burkhalter

Genealogists group Burkhalter with Burkholder. The family name meaning is “Birch slope”, the same as for Burkholder.

Burkhalter is listed among the recognised spellings of Burkholder. You may also find the name written Burkhulder. The 2010 census count for Burkhalter in the United States was 5,282, good for rank 6,431. 222 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Burkhalter name at birth. Births under the name grew in the later decades.

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