How common is the surname Lark?

4,055 people in the United States had the surname Lark in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,139 Americans. It ranked 8,174th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lark getting more or less common?

More common. 3,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,055 in 2010, up 15%.

Is Lark also a first name?

Yes. Lark is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Lark

A nickname surname, carried by 4,055 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lark is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the nickname, from lark as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.

Lark is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,055 people named Lark in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,139 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,537.

#8,174

rank among US surnames

4,055

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+14.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,571)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,168	Nunnally	4,058	76,083
#8,172	Wald	4,057	76,102
#8,173	Crafton	4,056	76,121
#8,174	Lark	4,055	76,139
#8,176	Hazard	4,054	76,158
#8,178	Stella	4,053	76,177

Who is named Lark

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

50% of people named Lark identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 50%
Black (not Hispanic) 42%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lark

Lark has the Soundex code L620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L620.

Questions

How common is the surname Lark?: 4,055 people in the United States had the surname Lark in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,139 Americans. It ranked 8,174th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lark?: In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Lark identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Lark?: Lark is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Lark getting more or less common?: More common. 3,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,055 in 2010, up 15%.
Is Lark also a first name?: Yes. Lark is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.