Last name: BURKE

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BURKE : This last name is indexed 395,041 times on Geneanet!Origin 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 Burgh).2: German: variant of Burk.3: Americanized form of Norwegian Børke (see Borke).4: Americanized form of French Bourg or of its altered form Bourque.
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