# Burks (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burks/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,523 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,278 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,218 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (26,115 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burks in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Burks in the United States.

## People named Burks

- Alec Burks, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Robert Burks, American cinematographer (1909-1968)
- Arthur Burks, American mathematician who contributed to the design of the first general-purpose electron
- Antonio Burks, American profession basketball player
- Ellis Burks, American baseball player
- Michael Burks, American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1957–2012)

## Similar surnames

Brooks, Burgos, Burkes, Barks, Birks, Barkus, Burke, Burris, Burrows, Burk, Bürg, Burress.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.