All over the world, Бурк (Burke 
, Burk , Bourke , along with others...) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very seldom feminine forename. The forename Бурк is characteristic of Ireland, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, the United States, where it is a rare masculine name, and Canada. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, Ethiopia, and China. Much more prevalently, Бурк is the last name as well as the forename.
Бурк is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Burke , the fictional human, Burke; Burke , the character from 2014 film 'Cloud 9' and Burke Devlin , the fictional character in Dark Shadows.