# Bark (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bark/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,808 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,041 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 170,766 people |
| Change since 2000 | -17.5% (2,192 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, possibly a variant of Bargh, from places such as Barugh in Yorkshire, derived from Old English beorh (“hill”), or directly from the Old English noun. * As a north/Low German and Dutch surname, from the noun berke (“birch”); also names for someone who lived near a mountain, see Barg, Berk. * Also as a Dutch surname, possibly a pet from of the name Barnhard. * As a Polish surname, from the noun bark (“shoulder”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bark in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 14% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 6.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Burk, Brake, Berk, Brack, Bork, Birk, Barco, Bargo, Barca, Brakke, Barros, Barcia.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.