O'Bourke Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

O'Bourke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Bourke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

O'Bourke Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Bourke Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname O'Bourke has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Bourke? popularity and diffusion

The last name O'Bourke is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of O'Bourke live; 93 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States O'Bourke is most frequent in: Florida, where 62 percent are found, Texas, where 15 percent are found and Connecticut, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 13 percent are found and Mexico, where 7 percent are found.

O'Bourke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

O'Bourke earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obourke9347/
O'Burke937/
O'Bourka881/
Oburke8640/
O'Burk861/
O'Burks801/
Obourka801/
O'Burkhead781/
Oburk770/
O'Barker751/
Oburka7144/
Abourk7125/
Oborka7118/
Aburke714/
Obarke713/
Eborke711/
Obourg711/
O'Burg711/
Oborki711/
Oworke711/
Oubork711/
Gobourg67153/
Hoborka6794/
Hoburka6717/
Ebourki675/
Oburche672/
Aburkke672/
Abourki671/
Owuorke671/
Hobuirk671/
Hobourg671/
Oborkai671/
Aubourk671/
Obuirka671/
Aborkes671/
Obarker670/

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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 O'Bourke
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