# Berke (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/berke/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,734 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,504 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 112,928 people |
| Change since 2000 | +28% (2,135 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Berke in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Berke in the United States.

## People named Berke

- William Berke, American film director, film producer, screenwriter

## Similar surnames

Burke, Berg, Brake, Brooke, Burkey, Berk, Berkey, Bourke, Brekke, Brakke, Berge, Béres.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.