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Where Does The Last Name Birke Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Birke (Marathi: िबरके, Russian: Бирке) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can appear in the variant forms: Birķe. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birke? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 7,340^th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 94,263 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Birke live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 51,198^th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 13,029 people.

The last name is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 71,153 people, or 1 in 1,371. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Birke Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Birke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Birke last name grew 769 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 10 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Birke Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Birke surname are 10.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.41% being registered with the party.

The amount Birke earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 26.44% more than the national average, earning 437,582 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.67% more than the national average, earning $48,614 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.87% more than the national average, earning $58,562 CAD per year.