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    The surname Bourke

    A Norman place surname, carried by 2,514 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /bɝk/ 1 syllable Soundex B620

    Bourke: #12,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bourke #12,370, 2,514 people Bourke: #12,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bourke #12,370, 2,514 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bourke is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    From an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of burgh.

    Bourke is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,514 people named Bourke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,434.

    #12,370
    rank among US surnames
    2,514
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #11,788)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810
    #12,378Richer2,513122,859

    Who is named Bourke

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

    90% of people named Bourke identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bourkes

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Margaret Bourke-White
      American photographer (1904-1971)
    • Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
      British Conservative statesman and 4th Viceroy of India (1822–1872)
    • Richard Bourke
      British Army general and colonial administrator, 1777–1855

    Notable Bourkes come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bourke

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

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bourke come from?
    From an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of burgh.
    How common is the surname Bourke?
    2,514 people in the United States had the surname Bourke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. It ranked 12,370th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bourke?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bourke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bourke?
    Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer (1904-1971), followed by Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo.
    Where is the surname Bourke most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bourke in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Bourke?
    Bourke is /bɝk/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Bourke?
    Bourke is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bourke getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,514 in 2010, up 3.3%.
    What are other spellings of Bourke?
    Burgh, Burke and Burgo.