Birkes Surname

530,954th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 609 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Birkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5671:639,25751,420
England161:3,482,379114,324
Turkey131:5,986,263116,031
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

The alternate forms: Birkés (51) & Birkeš (18) are calculated separately.

Birkes (18) may also be a first name.

Birkes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Birkes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Birkes (Hindi: बिरकीश) is most common in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms: Birkés or Birkeš. Click here for further potential spellings of Birkes.

How Common Is The Last Name Birkes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Birkes is the 530,954th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,966,414 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Birkes live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 18 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 567 people, or 1 in 639,257. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 27 percent reside, Oklahoma, where 16 percent reside and Missouri, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent reside and Turkey, where 2 percent reside.

Birkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Birkes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Birkes surname rose 1,319 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 38 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Birkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Birkes last name are 21.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.14% registered with the political party.

The amount Birkes earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.25% less than the national average, earning $43,039 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.18% less than the national average, earning $48,602 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birkés9451/
Birkeš9418/
Birkess924/
Birkesø923/
Birkesh921/
Buirkes920/
Birkets920/
Berkes834,537/
Birkis8333/
Birces832/
Byrkes831/
Birches77104/
Berckes7796/
Berkesh7741/
Berkhes773/
Berkesz772/
Birkais771/
Berkies771/
Berkets771/
Bairces770/
Berkees770/
Berkesch7155/
Beerkesh7121/
Berkesse7118/
Birchess7112/
Birkiche712/
Berckess711/
Birkhech710/
Berces672,304/
Berkis67680/
Bérces67629/
Berkeš67435/
Berkez6750/
Berkys6742/
Berkesová6717/
Berkesova6717/
Virkez6713/
Birketche671/
Birkeiche671/
Berkés671/
Berkès671/
Berkeś671/
Birkiş671/
Birkischt670/

Birkes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Birkes in the Hindi language
बिरकीशbirakisa-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Birkes
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