Burkh Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Burkh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Burkh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan561:157,9018,633
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Burkh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Burkh (Arabic: بوركه, Russian: Бурхь) is more frequently found in Jordan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Burkh.

How Common Is The Last Name Burkh? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,530,696th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Burkh live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Levant.

Burkh is most common in Jordan, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 157,901. In Jordan it is most prevalent in: Amman Governorate, where 82 percent live and Madaba Governorate, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Jordan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burksh91113/
Burkhe9113/
Buerkh911/
Burk8927,316/
Bhurkhe8318/
Burke80272,754/
Burch8059,475/
Burck801,792/
Burgh80785/
Buerk80683/
Bourk80468/
Borkh8050/
Burgk8022/
Burkt8013/
Burkø808/
Burhe806/
Burkx806/
Burkk805/
Burhs801/
Burhc801/
Buirk801/
Beurk801/
Baurk801/
Burkė801/
Bujrk800/
Burrk800/
Burkhova771/
Bourke7330,821/
Bhurke736,017/
Buhrke73470/
Buerck73368/
Bourht73273/
Burcke73103/
Burche7397/
Buirch7380/
Bourck7356/
Burcks7348/
Bourgh7326/
Bourks7315/
Burchz7311/
Burhøj739/
Bourhe737/
Bourch734/
Mbourk734/
Burrke732/
Burgch732/
Burchs732/
Buirke732/
Buurks731/
Burgke731/
D'Burk731/
Burcsh731/
Busrch731/
Burrch730/
Butrch730/
Hburks730/
Burcht730/
Baurch730/
Burgsh730/
Baurks730/
Beurke730/
Baurke730/
Bork6717,628/
Burg6715,828/
Burkova6710,780/
Bürk671,683/
Burc67241/
Burq67139/
Burj67108/
Burková67107/
Buyırık67103/
Bourche6738/
Beurcht676/
Bourc'h675/
Burx674/
Bhurkke674/
Burchdt671/
D'Burch671/
Bourchs670/
Bourcke670/

Burkh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Burkh in the Russian language
Бурхьburh-
Burkh in the Arabic language
بوركهbwrkh-

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Burkh
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