How common is the surname Bork?

3,448 people in the United States had the surname Bork in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,543 Americans. It ranked 9,433rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bork?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bork identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bork?

Robert Bork, American lawyer and judge (1927–2012).

Where is the surname Bork most common?

Wikidata records people named Bork in the United States.

How do you pronounce Bork?

Bork is /bɔː(ɹ)k/, one syllable.

Is the surname Bork getting more or less common?

More common. 3,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,448 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Bork

A surname, carried by 3,448 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɔː(ɹ)k/ 1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bork is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,448 people named Bork in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,543 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,272.

#9,433

rank among US surnames

3,448

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,166)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,426	Trieu	3,451	89,466
#9,427	Bulger	3,450	89,491
#9,431	Geter	3,449	89,517
#9,433	Bork	3,448	89,543
#9,437	Bethune	3,447	89,569
#9,440	Wehner	3,446	89,595

Who is named Bork

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

94% of people named Bork identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Borks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Bork
American lawyer and judge (1927–2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bork

Bork 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 Bork?: 3,448 people in the United States had the surname Bork in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,543 Americans. It ranked 9,433rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bork?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bork identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bork?: Robert Bork, American lawyer and judge (1927–2012).
Where is the surname Bork most common?: Wikidata records people named Bork in the United States.
How do you pronounce Bork?: Bork is /bɔː(ɹ)k/, one syllable.
Is the surname Bork getting more or less common?: More common. 3,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,448 in 2010, up 5.4%.