Quirk is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Quirk
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Quirk

How popular is Quirk?

Quirk is common in England.

Quirk is ranked 31901 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Quirk bearers increased by 8.247248 per cent in 2010 US census to 6392 since 2000, the surname slipped by 17 spots and ranked at 5443. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.9 96.44
Hispanic or Latino 2.33 1.42
Others 1.42 0.91
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.67 0.59
Black 0.48 0.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.19 0.25
Quirk is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 15690 people have been found who wears Quirk as their family name. Quirk is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
4,384 Northern Ireland3
32,086 Mexico3
54,641 Sweden2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
1,472 The Bahamas2
50,640 Switzerland2
35,969 Denmark2
4,104 South Korea2
118,441 Germany2
219,873 France2
147,165 Czech Republic2
723,167 Indonesia2
18,718 Thailand2
18,625 Japan2
91,784 Netherlands2
1,500,361 India2
20,595 China2
120,357 Argentina1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
34,581 Chile1
8,181 Botswana1
1,542 Andorra1
25,746 Finland1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
2,057 Myanmar1
9,498 Iceland1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
3,586 Honduras1
53,505 Turkey1
492,292 Ukraine1
42,479 Greece1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,962 Spain42
23,443 Norway26
52,530 Belgium22
15,050 Singapore18
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,083 Ireland66
Countries with hundreds of Quirk:
6,580 South Africa986
6,716 Canada631
9 Isle of Man281
2,855 New Zealand267
3,725 Scotland164
2,662 Wales147
8,668 Hungary131
Countries with thousands of Quirk:
4,919 United States8,070
1,275 Australia2,484
3,362 England2,285
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Quirk worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Charlotte and arrived on May 21, 1846. Emily Quirk, Mary Quirk (26), Patt Quirk, aged 20, Mary Quirk, aged 25, Margt. Quirk (21) Workwoman, Workman William Quirk, Patrick Quirk (20) Blacksmith, Thomas Quirk (12) Farmer, and 290 other Quirk around 61.63% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and carpenter, weaver, servant, spinster, shoemaker, dressmaker, matron, baker migrated to US.

Quirk Namesakes

  • Michael Quirke, Soccer player
  • Billy Quirk, Film actor
  • Moira Quirk, Actress
  • Dave Quirke, Soccer player
  • Mary Quirk, Politician
  • Pauline Quirke, Actress
  • Dave Quirke, Soccer player
  • Ellison Quirk, Politician
  • Charlie Quirke, Actor
  • Pauline Quirke, Actress

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