# Birk (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,193 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,092 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 96,694 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (2,894 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh, burg (“fortification, city”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Birk 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Birk in the United States.

## People named Birk

- Matt Birk, American football player (born 1976)

## Similar surnames

Burk, Berk, Bork, Brick, Bark, Birch, Birge, Birks, Biros, Brooks, Burke, Bowers.

## 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.