Bürke Surname
Approximately 901 people bear this surname
Bürke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 647 | 1:120,280 | 10,029 |
| Switzerland | 139 | 1:59,086 | 7,409 |
| Germany | 114 | 1:706,188 | 53,880 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
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
Bürke has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Burke or Bűrke. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bürke? popularity and diffusion
Bürke is the 392,486th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,088,286 people. The last name Bürke occurs predominantly 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 commonly occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 35 people.
It is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 647 people, or 1 in 120,280. In Turkey Bürke is mostly found in: Bingol Province, where 28 percent are found, Sanliurfa Province, where 22 percent are found and Mardin Province, where 11 percent are found. Other than Turkey this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 15 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke | 93 | 272,754 | / |
| Bűrke | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bürker | 91 | 313 | / |
| Bührke | 91 | 198 | / |
| Bürket | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bürcker | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bürkhed | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bürki | 80 | 3,784 | / |
| Bürky | 80 | 26 | / |
| Bhurke | 73 | 6,017 | / |
| Burkey | 73 | 5,674 | / |
| Buhrke | 73 | 470 | / |
| Buerke | 73 | 285 | / |
| Buurke | 73 | 215 | / |
| Burkee | 73 | 176 | / |
| Bierke | 73 | 143 | / |
| Burcke | 73 | 103 | / |
| Bürcky | 73 | 60 | / |
| Burkie | 73 | 30 | / |
| Burkei | 73 | 29 | / |
| Burkhe | 73 | 13 | / |
| Bhirke | 73 | 7 | / |
| Burrke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Burgke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bürcki | 73 | 1 | / |
| Burkej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Burkeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhurkhe | 67 | 18 | / |
| Burckey | 67 | 12 | / |
| Bhurkke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buercke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Burckie | 67 | 2 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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