Bürke Surname

392,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 901 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bürke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bürke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6471:120,28010,029
Switzerland1391:59,0867,409
Germany1141:706,18853,880
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Burke (272,754) & Bűrke (1) are calculated separately.

Bürke (35) may also be a first name.

Bürke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bürke occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Burke or Bűrke. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bürke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bürke is the 392,486th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,088,286 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Bürke reside; 67 percent reside in West Asia and 67 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Bürke is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 35 people.

This last name is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 647 people, or 1 in 120,280. In Turkey Bürke is most common in: Bingol Province, where 28 percent live, Sanliurfa Province, where 22 percent live and Mardin Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Turkey Bürke exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 15 percent live and Germany, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burke93272,754/
Bűrke931/
Bürker91313/
Bührke91198/
Bürket911/
Bürcker832/
Bürkhed831/
Bürki803,784/
Bürky8026/
Bhurke736,017/
Burkey735,674/
Buhrke73470/
Buerke73285/
Buurke73215/
Burkee73176/
Bierke73143/
Burcke73103/
Bürcky7360/
Burkie7330/
Burkei7329/
Burkhe7313/
Bhirke737/
Burrke732/
Burgke731/
Bürcki731/
Burkej731/
Burkeu731/
Bhurkhe6718/
Burckey6712/
Bhurkke674/
Buercke674/
Burckie672/

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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 Bürke
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