How common is the surname Rourke?

3,757 people in the United States had the surname Rourke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. It ranked 8,728th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rourke?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rourke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Rourke most common?

Wikidata records people named Rourke in the United States.

Is the surname Rourke getting more or less common?

More common. 3,688 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,757 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Rourke

A surname, carried by 3,757 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rourke is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,757 people named Rourke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,688.

#8,728

rank among US surnames

3,757

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,263)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,723	Glasscock	3,761	82,091
#8,724	Grundy	3,759	82,135
#8,727	Swiger	3,758	82,157
#8,728	Werth	3,757	82,179
#8,732	Chien	3,756	82,201
#8,734	Gilkey	3,755	82,223

Who is named Rourke

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

94% of people named Rourke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rourkes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mickey Rourke
American actor, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rourke

Rourke has the Soundex code R620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R620.

Questions

How common is the surname Rourke?: 3,757 people in the United States had the surname Rourke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. It ranked 8,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rourke?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rourke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rourke?: Mickey Rourke, American actor.
Where is the surname Rourke most common?: Wikidata records people named Rourke in the United States.
Is the surname Rourke getting more or less common?: More common. 3,688 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,757 in 2010, up 1.9%.