# Parkes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/parkes/  
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) | 3,246 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,940 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 95,116 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (2,719 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Parkes 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Parkes in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Parkes

- Henry Parkes, Australian statesman and politician (1815-1896)
- Broc Parkes, Australian motorcycle racer
- Walter F. Parkes, American film producer
- Shaun Parkes, British actor

## Similar surnames

Parks, Perks, Parkison, Prochaska, Prakash, Persico, Perkowski.

## 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.