Surname Birks (Birks 
) , in the entire world, is quite a rare family name. The cognomen Birks is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Isle of Man, where it is quite a common surname, Latvia, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United Kingdom. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.
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| Birks | United Kingdom, Canada, Latvia, Australia, United States |
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thomas rawson birks British priest and academic, GB (b. 1810) |
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henry birks Canadian businessman, CA (b. 1840) |
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| george vause birks colonial Australian surgeon, AU (b. 1815) |
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| charles napier birks (1844-1924) (b. 1844) |
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frederick birks recipient of the Victoria Cross, GB (b. 1894) |
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len birks Footballer (1896-1975), GB (b. 1896) |
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| edward bickersteth birks English clergyman, GB (b. 1849) |
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| rosetta jane birks Australian suffragist, AU (b. 1856) |
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| lawrence birks electrical engineer, NZ (b. 1874) |
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| stanley graham brade-birks British myriapodologist (1887-1982), GB (b. 1887) |
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| gerald birks Canadian flying ace (1894-1991), CA (b. 1894) |
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john birks English botanist and paleontologist (b. 1945) |
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| horace birks British Army World War II general (1897-1985), GB (b. 1897) |
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| cliff birks Footballer (1910-1998), GB (b. 1910) |
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| douglas birks English cricketer (1919-2004), GB (b. 1919) |
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