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    The surname Burkes

    A surname, carried by 3,796 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B622

    Burkes: #8,655 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burkes #8,655, 3,796 people Burkes: #8,655 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burkes #8,655, 3,796 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burkes is more common than 94.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,796 people named Burkes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,334 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,446.

    #8,655
    rank among US surnames
    3,796
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,766)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,650Reichard3,79981,270
    #8,651Silvey3,79881,292
    #8,653Casella3,79781,313
    #8,655Bibb3,79681,334

    Who is named Burkes

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

    50% of people named Burkes identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burkes

    Burkes has the Soundex code B622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B622.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Burkes?
    3,796 people in the United States had the surname Burkes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,334 Americans. It ranked 8,655th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burkes?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Burkes identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Burkes getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,446 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,796 in 2010, up 10%.