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    The surname Birks

    A surname, carried by 1,239 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B620

    Birks: #21,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Birks #21,184, 1,239 people Birks: #21,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Birks #21,184, 1,239 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Birks is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,239 people named Birks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,161.

    #21,184
    rank among US surnames
    1,239
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,088)

    Who is named Birks

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    63% of people named Birks identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Birks

    Birks has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Birks?
    1,239 people in the United States had the surname Birks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Birks?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Birks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Birks getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 6.7%.