# Quirk (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/quirk/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,392 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,443 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,302 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.2% (5,905 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Irish and Manx surname, Anglicized from Ó Cuirc (“descendant of Corc”), a personal name derived from curc (“tuft of hair”). It was sometimes Anglicized as Oates due to an erroneous association with coirce (“oats”). Sometimes also a shortened variant of McGuirk.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Quirk 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Quirk in the United States and Australia.

## People named Quirk

- Alicia Quirk, Australian rugby union player
- Billy Quirk, actor (1873-1926)
- Agnes Quirk, American botanist (1884-1974)

## Similar surnames

Quiroga, Quiroz, Quiros, Queiroz, Qureshi.

## 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.