# Barks (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barks/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,783 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,195 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 173,161 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.2% (1,901 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Barkus or Bark.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barks 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barks in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Barks

- Carl Barks, American cartoonist (1901-2000)
- Samantha Barks, British actress
- Coleman Barks, American poet

## Similar surnames

Brooks, Burks, Burkes, Bargas, Barcus, Birks, Barkus, Barrios, Barrows, Barros, Byars, Barroso.

## 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.