O'Burke Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

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

O'Burke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Burke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

O'Burke Last Name Facts

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

The last name O'Burke occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname O'Burke is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of O'Burke live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 43 percent reside, Texas, where 43 percent reside and Arizona, where 14 percent reside.

O'Burke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of O'Burke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the O'Burke surname increased 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

O'Burke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Bourke9315/
Oburke9240/
O'Burk921/
Obourke8647/
O'Burks861/
Oburk830/
O'Burkhead821/
O'Bourka801/
Oburka7744/
Aburke774/
O'Burg771/
Hoburka7117/
Oburche712/
Aburkke712/
Hobuirk711/
Obuirka711/
Obourka711/
Oburková6757/
Aburkheh6720/
Oburg6713/
Aburkhes679/
Oburkova675/
Oburx671/
Aburk671/
Aburkett671/

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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 O'Burke
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