Last Name PARKS

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Meaning Local: At the park, from residence therein. It must not be forgotten that while Park may be pluralized into Parks and Parkes, it is just as likely that they are abbreviations of Parkins.
Origin English, Jewish, Native American, Irish

Rank 322 (2000 US census) 306 (1990 US census)
Count 86,346 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 71.48%, or 61720 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 24.25%, or 20939 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.53%, or 458 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.57%, or 492 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.8%, or 1554 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.37%, or 1183 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

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Surnames that make great first names

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