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 5
Buckinghamshire 13
Berkshire 16
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 437
Cornwall 16
Cumberland 23
Derbyshire 102
Devon 103
Dorset 25
Durham 550
Essex 258
Gloucestershire 115
Hampshire 160
Herefordshire 12
Hertfordshire 14
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 8
Kent 132
Lancashire 3,676
Leicestershire 25
Lincolnshire 22
London 1,392
Middlesex 158
Northumberland 268
Norfolk 9
Northamptonshire 39
Nottinghamshire 102
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 24
Suffolk 16
Somerset 22
Surrey 157
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 323
Warwickshire 299
Westmorland 12
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 27
Yorkshire 1,114

Wales

Anglesey 5
Brecknockshire 11
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 25
Carmarthenshire 6
Denbighshire 48
Flintshire 24
Glamorgan 280
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 118
Pembrokeshire 16
Radnorshire 0

Burke Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burke family

Profession Census Frequency
School 1,056
General Labourer 155
Labourer 143
Coal Miner Hewer 90
Dock Labourer 70
Domestic Servant 53
At Home 50
General Servant (domestic) 49
At School 46
Housekeeper 45
Charwoman 43
Scholar 40
House Keeper 38
None 34
Private Means 34
Dressmaker 33
Cotton Weaver 33
Farm Labourer 32
Clerk 30
Carter 27
Nil 27
Shop Assistant 25
Student 24
Labourer General 24
Hawker 21

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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