# Sparks (surname)

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

A surname from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 63,440 |
| US rank (2010) | 533 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,867 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (62,234 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sparkes |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sparks 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sparks in the United States and Canada.

## People named Sparks

- Nicholas Sparks, American writer and novelist
- Jordin Sparks, American singer
- Hal Sparks, American actor (born 1969)
- Paul Sparks, American actor
- Ned Sparks, actor (1883-1957)
- Chauncey Sparks, American politician (1884-1968)
- Barry Sparks, American bassist
- Jared Sparks, American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister (1789-1866)
- John Sparks, American politician in Nevada (1843-1908)
- Donita Sparks, American singer and guitarist
- Garret Sparks, American ice hockey goaltender
- Morgan Sparks, American physical chemist (1916–2008)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Spears, Sparkman, Spires, Spiers, Speers, Sparacino, Speirs, Spargo, Sprague, Severson, Sprouse, Spriggs.

## 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.