Popularity of the last name by country
Australia
- Victoria (8,735)
- New South Wales (4,303)
- Queensland (1,450)
- South Australia (663)
- Tasmania (258)
- Western Australia (97)
- Northern Territory (1)
All countries
- Ireland (147,772)
- United States (140,191)
- United Kingdom (45,332)
- Australia (15,601)
- New Zealand (8,610)
- Canada (8,293)
- France (5,868)
- Belgium (4,797)
- Unknown country (2,793)
- Germany (1,523)
- Netherlands (1,189)
- Italy (797)
- Switzerland (594)
- India (473)
- Spain (358)
- Jamaica (356)
- Mexico (206)
- Russian Federation (190)
- Latvia (181)
- Colombia (175)
- Austria (164)
- Sweden (156)
- China (129)
- Argentina (128)
- Poland (105)
- Denmark (102)
- Brazil (101)
- Hungary (101)
- Turkey (101)
- Algeria (85)
- Greece (85)
- Portugal (84)
- Norway (70)
- Egypt (65)
- Cuba (63)
- Malta (52)
- Paraguay (52)
- Indonesia (49)
- South Africa (48)
- Gibraltar (47)
Origine of last name
BURKE : 1: English and Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh (Castle) in Suffolk England. Burk represents an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burg Middle English burgh ‘fortification’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Burgh">Burgh</a>).2: German: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Burk">Burk</a>.3: Americanized form of Norwegian Børke (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Borke">Borke</a>).4: Americanized form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bourg">Bourg</a> or of its altered form <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bourque">Bourque</a>.
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