How common is the surname Bjerke?

2,168 people in the United States had the surname Bjerke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. It ranked 13,926th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bjerke getting more or less common?

More common. 2,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,168 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Bjerke

A surname, carried by 2,168 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bjerke is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,168 people named Bjerke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,149.

#13,926

rank among US surnames

2,168

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,067)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,922	Dula	2,169	142,345
#13,926	Kelliher	2,168	142,410
#13,933	Flippo	2,167	142,476

Who is named Bjerke

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

96% of people named Bjerke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bjerke

Bjerke has the Soundex code B262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B262.

Questions

How common is the surname Bjerke?: 2,168 people in the United States had the surname Bjerke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. It ranked 13,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bjerke?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bjerke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Bjerke getting more or less common?: More common. 2,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,168 in 2010, up 0.9%.