How common is the last name Burke?

118,342 people in the United States have the last name Burke, about 1 in 2,526. It ranks #256 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BURKE

#256

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
118,342
About
1 in 2,526
This common or more
25%
Who bears it

Of the 118,342 people with the last name Burke, 83.2% reported their origin as White, 8.6% as Black and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Burke

#254 Wheeler · 119,866#255 Harper · 119,191#257 Larson · 117,441#258 Vega · 116,828

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Burke, most common first.

#1,297 Burks · 26,569#2,404 Burk · 14,779#3,616 Burge · 9,592#8,050 Burkey · 3,946#12,074 Burse · 2,466#47,689 Burka · 479#65,688 Burki · 326#76,032 Burky · 273

Also a first name

As a first name, Burke ranks #5,493 of 53,615, with 3,118 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2014, with 79 births. See Burke as a first name

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