Last Name LARK

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Nickname: The lark, one who sang 'like a lark.' Bird-names were very popular: Flinch, Spinks, Jay, etc. Lark is a contraction.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	8,571 (2000 US census)	6,638 (1990 US census)

Count	3,537 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

52.33%, or 1851 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
41.19%, or 1457 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 17 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.14%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.15%, or 76 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.7%, or 131 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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