The surname Virk
A Punjabi surname, carried by 1,193 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex V620
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਵਿਰਕ (virk).
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,193 people named Virk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 867.
Who is named Virk
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Virk identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.4% as two or more races and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
- Two or more races 3.4%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Virk has the Soundex code V620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V620.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Virk come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਵਿਰਕ (virk).
- How common is the surname Virk?
- 1,193 people in the United States had the surname Virk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Virk?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Virk identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.4% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Virk getting more or less common?
- More common. 867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, up 38%.