Burke Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 11
Cheshire 204
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 17
Derbyshire 43
Devon 60
Dorset 9
Durham 237
Essex 75
Gloucestershire 61
Hampshire 80
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 10
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 2
Kent 74
Lancashire 2,076
Leicestershire 30
Lincolnshire 21
London 941
Middlesex 31
Northumberland 137
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 14
Nottinghamshire 24
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 15
Suffolk 21
Somerset 30
Surrey 59
Sussex 16
Staffordshire 202
Warwickshire 175
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 13
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 628

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 4
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 8
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 30
Flintshire 16
Glamorgan 81
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 54
Pembrokeshire 7
Radnorshire 0

Burke Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burke family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 763
General Labourer 176
Labourer 99
Coal Miner 92
Cotton Weaver 66
Domestic Servant 44
Dock Labourer 43
Cotton Spinner 40
Hawker 40
Tailor 35
Dress Maker 35
Tailoress 35
Chemical Labourer 28
Agricultural Labourer 26
Laundress 26
Living On Own Means 24
Cotton Winder 23
General Servant 22
Farm Labourer 22
General Servant Domestic 22
Charwoman 21
House Keeper 20
Shoe Maker 20
Cotton Operative 18
General Laborer 16

Most Frequent Forenames for Burke

Name Census Frequency
Mary Burke 4,579
John Burke 4,236
Thomas Burke 2,471
William Burke 1,995
James Burke 1,881
Margaret Burke 1,493
Patrick Burke 1,375
Catherine Burke 1,298
Ellen Burke 1,193
Michael Burke 1,193
Elizabeth Burke 1,033
Bridget Burke 995
Edward Burke 966
Ann Burke 869
Sarah Burke 835
Annie Burke 729
Joseph Burke 585
Jane Burke 552
Martin Burke 434
George Burke 406
Alice Burke 405
Henry Burke 400
Richard Burke 400
Peter Burke 390
Kate Burke 365

Burke Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brook 20% 95,789
2 Burke 100% 44,818
3 Brooke 50% 36,883
4 Brake 60% 6,489
5 Burk 80% 6,335
6 Barke 80% 6,098
7 Bark 60% 5,325
8 Bourke 83% 3,816
9 Birck 40% 2,029
10 Berch 40% 1,621
11 Birk 60% 1,269
12 Berk 60% 905
13 Broke 60% 465
14 Break 20% 290
15 Bourk 60% 269
16 Abrook 17% 266
17 Birke 80% 237
18 Burck 60% 227
19 Berke 80% 192
20 Bruke 60% 161
21 Berck 40% 155
22 Bork 60% 132

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The surname Burke is the 2nd most popular variant of Brook.

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