NEW YORK: The number of bankruptcies in the US skyrocketed to 1.31 mn for the year ended June 2009, with over 85 per cent of the filing taking place since September last year.Reeling under the worst financial turmoil in nearly 80 years, the count of bankruptcies till June this year, is 35 per cent higher than the same period a year ago.The bankruptcies stood at just 967,831 for the year ended June 30, 2008, according to the Administrative Office of the US Courts.Since September 2008 -- the month when the famed financial services major Lehman Brothers went belly up -- the number of bankruptcies till June stood at 1.1 mn."Non-business filings for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009 totaled 1,251,294, up 34 per cent from 934,009 non- business filings for June 30, 2008," the Administrative Office said in a recent statement.Reflecting the severity of the financial situation, bankruptcy filings by businesses during the same period soared 63 per cent to 55,021 for the year ended June 2009, compared to the year-ago period.In the last 11 months, America has seen the collapse of many a well known names such as banking entity Washington Mutual and car makers -- General Motors and Chrysler. However, the two auto makers have emerged out of bankruptcy protection as leaner companies.