Burke Family History
Burke Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Burke
Name Distribution of Burke Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Burke families
 1,309 - 2,615  437 - 1,308 |
 1 - 436  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Burke families
|
167 - 331 56 - 166 |
1 - 55 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Burke census records
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Burke Family Origin
Burke Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Burke Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Burke Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Burke census records
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Military Service by Burke
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