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    The surname Burk

    A surname, carried by 15,500 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burk is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Burke.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,500 people named Burk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,919 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,048.

    #2,352
    rank among US surnames
    15,500
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,215)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,343Anders15,55419,850
    #2,344Reaves15,55019,855
    #2,345Hough15,54919,856
    #2,346Iverson15,53919,869
    #2,347Monahan15,53319,877
    #2,348Beavers15,53119,879
    #2,349Julian15,52019,893

    Who is named Burk

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

    90% of people named Burk identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bryan Burk
      American film and television producer, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burk

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Burk come from?
    Variant of Burke.
    How common is the surname Burk?
    15,500 people in the United States had the surname Burk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,919 Americans. It ranked 2,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burk?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Burk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burk?
    Bryan Burk, American film and television producer.
    Where is the surname Burk most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burk in the United States.
    Is the surname Burk getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,500 in 2010, up 3.0%.