# Park (surname)

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

An English surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 106,696 |
| US rank (2010) | 289 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,894 people |
| Change since 2000 | +30% (81,890 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | [pʰɑɹk], 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From park.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Park 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) | 23% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 73% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Park in the United States, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia and Silla.

## People named Park

- Park Chung-hee, 3rd President of the Republic of Korea
- Randall Park, American actor (born 1974)
- Ashley Park, American actress
- Robert Ezra Park, American sociologist (1864–1944)
- Sydney Park, American actress, comedian
- Reg Park, British bodybuilder and actor (1928-2007)
- Hettienne Park, American actress and writer
- Linda Sue Park, American author (born 1960)
- Steve Park, American actor and comedian (1951-)
- Max Park, American Rubik's cube speedsolver
- Alexandra Park, Australian actress (born 1989)
- Richard Park, American ice hockey player

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Parke, Parga, Parkey, Prak, Parks, Paris, Parish, Parris, Parisi, Parikh, Parekh, Parise.

## 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.