How common is the surname Parke?

4,759 people in the United States had the surname Parke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,876 Americans. It ranked 7,031st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Parke?

Richard Parke, bobsledder (1893-1950), followed by Jeff Parke.

Where is the surname Parke most common?

Wikidata records people named Parke in the United States.

Is the surname Parke getting more or less common?

More common. 4,201 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,759 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Parke

A surname, carried by 4,759 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parke is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,759 people named Parke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,876 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,201.

#7,031

rank among US surnames

4,759

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+13.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,310)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,027	Fears	4,762	64,835
#7,028	Welton	4,761	64,849
#7,030	Stotts	4,760	64,863
#7,031	Castorena	4,759	64,876
#7,035	Campuzano	4,758	64,890

Who is named Parke

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

88% of people named Parke identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Parkes

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Parke
Bobsledder (1893-1950)
Jeff Parke
American soccer player, born 1982
George Washington Parke Custis
Adopted son of George Washington (1781-1857)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Parke

Parke has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

Questions

How common is the surname Parke?: 4,759 people in the United States had the surname Parke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,876 Americans. It ranked 7,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parke?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Parke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Parke?: Richard Parke, bobsledder (1893-1950), followed by Jeff Parke.
Where is the surname Parke most common?: Wikidata records people named Parke in the United States.
Is the surname Parke getting more or less common?: More common. 4,201 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,759 in 2010, up 13%.