How common is the surname Parks?

88,586 people in the United States had the surname Parks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,485 Americans. It ranked 354th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Parks?

Gordon Parks, American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006), followed by Michael Parks.

Where is the surname Parks most common?

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

Is the surname Parks getting more or less common?

More common. 86,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 88,586 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Parks

A surname, carried by 88,586 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). Parks is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Compare Parkes.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 88,586 people named Parks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,485 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 86,346.

#354

rank among US surnames

88,586

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #322)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#345	Schwartz	90,071	3,428
#346	Norris	89,796	3,438
#347	Jennings	89,700	3,442
#348	Watts	89,649	3,444
#349	Duran	89,401	3,453
#350	Walters	89,376	3,454
#351	Cohen	89,091	3,466

Who is named Parks

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

69% of people named Parks identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Parkss

19 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1993
Van Dyke Parks
American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer (born 1943)
Maxie Parks
American sprinter, born 1951
Suzan-Lori Parks
American writer, born 1963
Keaton Parks
American soccer player, born 1997
Frederick Parks
Boxer (1885–1945)
James Parks
American actor, born 1968
Aaron Parks
American musician, born 1983

Notable Parkss come mostly from the United States (18) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Parks

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

Questions

Where does the surname Parks come from?: Compare Parkes.
How common is the surname Parks?: 88,586 people in the United States had the surname Parks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,485 Americans. It ranked 354th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parks?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Parks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Parks?: Gordon Parks, American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006), followed by Michael Parks.
Where is the surname Parks most common?: Wikidata records people named Parks in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Parks getting more or less common?: More common. 86,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 88,586 in 2010, up 2.6%.