Last Name KIRK

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Meaning	Local: At the kirk, from residence besides the church. A curious intermediate form between Kirk nad Church is found in the Hundred Rolls: "John de la Chirke, county Lincoln, 1273." A church. 'Kirche,' a church. Gaelic, 'cearcall,' a circle, the primitive places of worship among the Celts were round, a symbol of eternity, and the existence of the Supreme Being, without beginning or end.

Origin	English, Scottish, Teutonic, Jewish, Danish, German, Greek, Irish, Falkland, Hungarian

Rank	582 (2000 US census)	526 (1990 US census)

Count	52,056 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.75%, or 44117 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.42%, or 5424 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 213 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.3%, or 677 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.69%, or 880 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.44%, or 750 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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