Burger families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Iloka area , less frequently Germans (also from Iloka area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Burger live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Split (15), Osijek (10), Dalj in Vinkovci area (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.