How common is the surname Sparks?

63,440 people in the United States had the surname Sparks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,867 Americans. It ranked 533rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sparks?

Nicholas Sparks, American writer and novelist, followed by Jordin Sparks.

Where is the surname Sparks most common?

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

Is the surname Sparks getting more or less common?

More common. 62,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,440 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Sparks

A Norse surname, carried by 63,440 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sparks is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

A surname from Old Norse.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 63,440 people named Sparks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,867 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 62,234.

#533

rank among US surnames

63,440

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #481)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#524	Hartman	64,106	4,816
#525	French	63,991	4,825
#526	Kramer	63,936	4,829
#527	McBride	63,899	4,832
#528	Pope	63,881	4,833
#529	Lindsey	63,760	4,842
#530	Velazquez	63,736	4,844

Who is named Sparks

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

84% of people named Sparks identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sparkss

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nicholas Sparks
American writer and novelist, born 1965
Jordin Sparks
American singer, born 1989
Hal Sparks
American actor (born 1969)
Paul Sparks
American actor, born 1971
Ned Sparks
Actor (1883-1957)
Chauncey Sparks
American politician (1884-1968)
Barry Sparks
American bassist, born 1968
Jared Sparks
American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister (1789-1866)
John Sparks
American politician in Nevada (1843-1908)
Donita Sparks
American singer and guitarist, born 1963
Garret Sparks
American ice hockey goaltender, born 1993
Morgan Sparks
American physical chemist (1916–2008)

Notable Sparkss come mostly from the United States (12) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Sparkes

Surnames that sound like Sparks

Sparks has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sparks come from?: Sparks is Norse in origin.
How common is the surname Sparks?: 63,440 people in the United States had the surname Sparks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,867 Americans. It ranked 533rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sparks?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Sparks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sparks?: Nicholas Sparks, American writer and novelist, followed by Jordin Sparks.
Where is the surname Sparks most common?: Wikidata records people named Sparks in the United States and Canada.
Is the surname Sparks getting more or less common?: More common. 62,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,440 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Sparks?: Sparkes.