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Burke

in New Jersey

There are 3,631 people with the last name "Burke" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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  1. is 96th most common Lynch
  2. is 97th most common Cook
  3. is 98th most common Rogers
  4. is 99th most common Gallagher
  5. is 100th most common Burke
  6. is 101st most common Ruiz
  7. is 102nd most common Colon
  8. is 103rd most common Ward
  9. is 104th most common Wang

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burke

John, Michael, William, James, Robert, Thomas, Richard, Edward, Joseph, Patricia

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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