Buskirk Surname

125,295th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,634 people bear this surname

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

Buskirk Surname Definition:

BUSKIRK: (Dutch.) Local. From Bos, a wood, and kerk, a church—the church in the wood.

Buskirk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6241:100,01611,108
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0681:47,0215,394

Buskirk (90) may also be a first name.

Buskirk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

BUSKIRK: (Dutch.) Local. From Bos, a wood, and kerk, a church—the church in the wood.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Buskirk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buskirk occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Buskirk? popularity and diffusion

The last name Buskirk is the 125,295th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,005,379 people. Buskirk occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Buskirk live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,005,046th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 90 people.

Buskirk is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3,624 people, or 1 in 100,016. In The United States Buskirk is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Ohio, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Buskirk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Buskirk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buskirk last name grew 339 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buskirk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Buskirk are 22.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.53% registered to vote for the party.

Buskirk earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.87% less than the national average, earning $41,480 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bushkirk933/
Buskiork931/
Buskirke931/
Buiskirk931/
Bouskirk931/
Busskirk930/
Vuskirk863/
Boskirk861/
Buskerk860/
Buskurk860/
Booskirk800/
Busskerk800/
Buscurk710/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Buskirk
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