Last Name DARK

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Meaning	Local: D'Arques, from Arques, now a bourg and castle four miles from Dieppe. Nevertheless it is far more natural to consider it is a nickname from the dark complexion of the bearer, and add it to the already formidable list of color-names, like Brown, White, etc.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	10,294 (2000 US census)	9,044 (1990 US census)

Count	2,868 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

62.45%, or 1791 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
17.78%, or 510 total occurrences, as black,
16.28%, or 467 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.31%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 39 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.81%, or 52 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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