Last Name BURKE

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Meaning Local: De Burgh, a sharpened pronounciation. The Irish Burkes are traced to the Anglo-Norman De Burghs, one of whom settled in Ireland soon after the acquisition of that country by the English monarchs.
A corruption of '(De) Burgo,' as the name was formerly written, that is, from the fort, castle, hill, or city. This family went from Normandy into England with the Conqueror, and afterward into Ireland with Strongbow.
The surname is derived from Richard de Burgh.
Origin English, Irish, Jewish, French, Norwegian, Celtic, Belgian, Zimbabwean, Hungarian

Rank 229 (2000 US census) 243 (1990 US census)
Count 119,175 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 87.74%, or 104564 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.4%, or 10011 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.48%, or 572 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.49%, or 584 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.31%, or 1561 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.57%, or 1871 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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