The burkes Surname

burkes Name Meaning and History

English: variant spelling of Birks.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The burkes name in History

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burkes Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of burkes Families in the US in 1920

Number of burkes families

17-32

6-16

1-5

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Thread	Author	Replies
Looking for Birth Father	Loretta Bearringer	1
George Burks, Sarah Mann	rkroeger2	0
Rachel Francis Burkes/Burks	Roberta	1
Does anyone have Indian Blood in their Burks (Burkes) ? Ill, Tn.	kathytindle	6
Burkes/Hoather	patmcquillian42	0
William C. Burkes	johnchristyeckert	1
BURKE GENEALOGY COMMUNITY	Europa45	2
Searching for Paul Dean Burkes	Clytice C. Duzan	0
William Hilliard Burkes ca. 1895 Fannin County, Texas	wildrootsgenealogy	0
looking for a john f. burke	darlene doran	0

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