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Burke

in Connecticut

There are 1,837 people with the last name "Burke" in Connecticut.

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Ranking in Connecticut

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Burke 88
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  1. is 84th most common Gordon
  2. is 85th most common Kennedy
  3. is 86th most common Lynch
  4. is 87th most common Silva
  5. is 88th most common Burke
  6. is 89th most common Phillips
  7. is 90th most common Butler
  8. is 91st most common Ward
  9. is 92nd most common Stevens

Similar Names and Nicknames

Burks, Burkett, Burch, Burk, Burkhart, Burkholder, Burkhardt, Birch, Burkhalter, Burkes

Most Common First Names for Burke

John, Michael, William, Robert, Thomas, James, Kevin, Richard, Joseph, David

Meaning & History

Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh in Suffolk, England. This is named with Old English burh ‘fortification’, ‘fortified manor’.

Norwegian: Americanized form of Børke, a habitational name from any of eight farms in southeastern Norway, named with Old Norse birki ‘birch wood’.

German: variant of Burk.

FOREBEARS Burke owes its importance as an Irish surname to William Thomas Burke (1747–1783) was born in Co. Galway, Ireland, settled in VA after immigration, then moved to NC in 1771, where he became a prominent revolutionary statesman.

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