Burk is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Burk
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Burk

How popular is Burk?

Burk is common in United States.

Burk is ranked 20836 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Burk bearers increased by 3.003721 per cent in 2010 US census to 15500 since 2000, the surname slipped by 137 spots and ranked at 2352. The last name was found in around 52 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.41 92.52
Black 3.72 3.32
Hispanic or Latino 2.74 1.83
Others 1.8 1.29
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.68 0.6
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.44
Burk is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Estonia is ahead in terms of density. Around 24862 people have been found who wears Burk as their family name. Burk is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,565 Nicaragua8
8,411 Costa Rica4
20,595 China2
8,593 Slovenia2
4,104 South Korea2
54,641 Sweden2
723,167 Indonesia2
54,135 Philippines2
6,266 Luxembourg2
1,333 Guam2
11,736 Lithuania2
165,773 Belarus1
40,340 Malaysia1
38,830 Morocco1
37,493 Austria1
120,357 Argentina1
9,498 Iceland1
12,270 Lebanon1
17,575 Kuwait1
30,360 Thailand1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
17,768 Pakistan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
36,814 Romania1
36,678 Singapore1
17,236 Ghana1
2,057 Myanmar1
42,479 Greece1
2,374 Bermuda1
3,350 Fiji1
6,149 Ethiopia1
21,562 Portugal1
9,591 Panama1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
6,873 Ireland44
13,872 New Zealand43
62,267 Spain27
47,377 Czech Republic23
186,451 Ukraine16
559,154 India12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
112,719 Russia99
10,122 Chile90
12,684 Switzerland90
45,655 England86
3,193 Estonia77
35,569 Netherlands62
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Burk:
5,169 Canada851
10,767 Australia258
32,575 South Africa164
60,164 Brazil159
61,459 France159
31,070 Turkey140
23,602 Mexico131
Countries with thousands of Burk:
2,262 Germany3,698
Countries with ten thousands of Burk:
2,184 United States18,477
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Francis Burk from Ireland aboard the Perseverence from Dublin during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in USA on May 18, 1846. Workman Thomas Burk, John Burk (26) Farmer, Sally Burk (22) , 20 years old James Burk, 22 years old Rich. Burk, Immigrant James Burk, Patt Burk, aged 24, Bartley Burk (25) Workman, and 332 other Burk around 52.53% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster, matron, mechanic, shoemaker migrated to US.

Burk Namesakes

    Bryan Burk, American film and television producer
  • Charles Burke Elbrick, Diplomat
  • Robert J. Burkhardt, Politician
  • Cheryl Burke, Dancer
  • Aileen Burke, Screenwriter
  • Aishling Burke, Maclean Burke's wife
  • Bryan Burk, Film producer
  • Albie Burks, Musical Artist
  • John Burke, Composer
  • Glenn Burkett, Politician
  • Alec Burks, Basketball player
  • Kelly Burk, from 2014 drama, romance movie Roxie, who characterized the Roxie.
  • In 2013, Callie Burk portrayed the role of N in horror film Asylum, the Lost Footage.

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