Burghart: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Burghart and Burkhart are two spellings with one history. The family name meaning is “Strong fortress”, the same as for Burkhart.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Burghart family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Spelling and variants

Spelled with “g” instead of “k”, Burghart shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Burkhardt and Burckard.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Burghart with 343 bearers, at rank 59,017. Between 1891 and 2000, 101 babies born in France were registered as Burghart, with the most births in 1911–1920. Get the complete Burghart report, with a museum-style coat of arms.