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-{{other uses}}
+{{Short description|Surname used in greater Punjab and parts of Europe}}{{other uses}}
-'''Virk''' (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a Suryavanshi Kshatriya Rajput Clan and Jat clan of the Punjab region.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HGqsWktyFcEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=Virk&f=false Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan  By Maneesha Tikekar page 253] Google Books website, Retrieved 15 July 2021</ref>
+'''Virk''' (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a [[Rajput clan|
-==History==
+==People with the surname==
 *[[Adnan Virk]], Canadian television sportscaster
-*[[Ammy Virk]], Punjabi singer and actor
+*[[Jani Virk]] (born 1962), Slovenian writer, poet, translator and editor
-*[[Kulwant Singh Virk]] (1921–1987), Punjabi poet, writer, and civil servant
+*[[Kulwant Singh Virk]] (1921–1987), Indian poet, writer and civil servant
-* [[Manjinder Virk]], English actress, director and writer
+*[[Manjinder Virk]] (born 1975), British actress, film director and writer
-* Joga Singh Virk (born 1946),Founder of Virk colony in Patiala district Punjab
+*[[Tomo Virk]] (born 1960), Slovenian historian and essayist
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
 {{Gotras of Jats}}

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	'''Virk''' (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a Suryavanshi Kshatriya Rajput Clan and [[Jat]] clan of the [[Punjab region]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HGqsWktyFcEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=Virk&f=false Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan By Maneesha Tikekar page 253] Google Books website, Retrieved 15 July 2021</ref>		'''Virk''' (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a Suryavanshi Kshatriya Rajput Clan and Jat clan of the Punjab region.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HGqsWktyFcEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=Virk&f=false Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan By Maneesha Tikekar page 253] Google Books website, Retrieved 15 July 2021</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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 {{other uses}}
-'''Virk''' (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a [[Jat]] clan of the [[Punjab region]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HGqsWktyFcEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=Virk&f=false Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan  By Maneesha Tikekar page 253] Google Books website, Retrieved 15 July 2021</ref>
+'''Virk''' (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a Suryavanshi Kshatriya Rajput Clan and [[Jat]] clan of the [[Punjab region]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HGqsWktyFcEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=Virk&f=false Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan  By Maneesha Tikekar page 253] Google Books website, Retrieved 15 July 2021</ref>
 Before 1947, many Virk clans lived in the [[Lahore]], [[Sialkot]] and [[Sheikhupura]] regions of [[Punjab, British India]]. After [[Independence of India]] in 1947, Virk people of Sikh faith migrated <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1403060 |author=Majid Sheikh |date=22 April 2018|title=HARKING BACK: Tracking the very first Aryans to come to our land|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
-Notable people who bear the surname and may or may not be associated with the clan include:
+Varik or Warik is an gotra of Kashmiri Pandits too.
 * [[Nawab Kapur Singh Virk]] (1697–1753), Sikh leader, Organizer of the Sikh Confederacy and Dal Khalsa.He is a founder of district Kapurthala
 *[[Jani Virk]], (born 1962), Slovenian writer, poet, translator and editor
 *[[Tomo Virk]], (born 1960), Slovenian historian and essayist
 *[[Adnan Virk]], Canadian television sportscaster

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{{other uses}}
'''Virk''' (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a [[Jat]] clan of the [[Punjab region]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HGqsWktyFcEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=Virk&f=false Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan By Maneesha Tikekar page 253] Google Books website, Retrieved 15 July 2021</ref>

Before 1947, many Virk clans lived in the [[Lahore]], [[Sialkot]] and [[Sheikhupura]] regions of [[Punjab, British India]]. After [[Independence of India]] in 1947, Virk people of Sikh faith migrated <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1403060 |author=Majid Sheikh |date=22 April 2018|title=HARKING BACK: Tracking the very first Aryans to come to our land|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>

Notable people who bear the surname and may or may not be associated with the clan include:
* [[Nawab Kapur Singh Virk]] (1697–1753), Sikh leader, Organizer of the Sikh Confederacy and Dal Khalsa.He is a founder of district Kapurthala
*[[Jani Virk]], (born 1962), Slovenian writer, poet, translator and editor
*[[Tomo Virk]], (born 1960), Slovenian historian and essayist
*[[Adnan Virk]], Canadian television sportscaster
*[[Ammy Virk]], Punjabi singer and actor
*[[Kulwant Singh Virk]] (1921–1987), Punjabi poet, writer, and civil servant
* [[Manjinder Virk]], English actress, director and writer
* Joga Singh Virk (born 1946),Founder of Virk colony in Patiala district Punjab

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gotras of Jats}}
[[Category:Jat clans]]
[[Category:Jat clans of Punjab]]
[[Category:Pakistani names]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language surnames]]