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

The last name Birke (Marathi: िबरके, Russian: Бирке) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Birķe. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname Birke is the 7,340^th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 94,263 people. The surname Birke is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Birke reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Birke is also the 51,198^th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 13,029 people.

The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 71,153 people, or 1 in 1,371. Other than Ethiopia Birke is found in 44 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Birke Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Birke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 769 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 10 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Birke Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Birke surname are 10.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.41% registered to vote for 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.