# Parks (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/parks/  
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) | 88,586 |
| US rank (2010) | 354 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,485 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (86,346 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Compare Parkes.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Parks 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

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

## People named Parks

- Gordon Parks, American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006)
- Michael Parks, American actor (1940–2017)
- Larry Parks, American stage and movie actor (1914-1975)
- Alycia Parks, American tennis player (born 2000)
- Taylor Parks, American actress and singer
- Van Dyke Parks, American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer (born 1943)
- Maxie Parks, American sprinter
- Suzan-Lori Parks, American writer
- Keaton Parks, American soccer player
- Frederick Parks, boxer (1885–1945)
- James Parks, American actor
- Aaron Parks, American musician

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Parkes, Perks, Park, Parrish, Paris, Parish, Parris, Parisi, Parikh, Parke, Phares, Parekh.

## 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.