How common is the surname Barks?

1,783 people in the United States had the surname Barks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,161 Americans. It ranked 16,195th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Barks?

Carl Barks, American cartoonist (1901-2000), followed by Samantha Barks.

Where is the surname Barks most common?

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

Is the surname Barks getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,783 in 2010, down 6.2%.

The surname Barks

A surname, carried by 1,783 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barks is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

Variant of Barkus or Bark.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,783 people named Barks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,161 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,901.

#16,195

rank among US surnames

1,783

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-6.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,415)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,188	Pidgeon	1,785	172,967
#16,191	Paolucci	1,784	173,064
#16,195	Pincus	1,783	173,161
#16,203	Hallum	1,782	173,258

Who is named Barks

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Barks identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barkss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Barks
American cartoonist (1901-2000)
Samantha Barks
British actress, born 1990
Coleman Barks
American poet, 1937–2026

Notable Barkss come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barks

Barks has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

Where does the surname Barks come from?: Variant of Barkus or Bark.
How common is the surname Barks?: 1,783 people in the United States had the surname Barks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,161 Americans. It ranked 16,195th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barks?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Barks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Barks?: Carl Barks, American cartoonist (1901-2000), followed by Samantha Barks.
Where is the surname Barks most common?: Wikidata records people named Barks in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Barks getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,783 in 2010, down 6.2%.