Last Name SPARKS

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Meaning	The son of Sparrowhawk; found as early as Domesday in the forms Sperhauo (county Notts), Sparhauoc (county Suffolk). Also a nickname 'the sparrow-hawk.'

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank	481 (2000 US census)	464 (1990 US census)

Count	62,234 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.92%, or 53471 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10%, or 6223 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 249 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.73%, or 454 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.56%, or 971 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.39%, or 865 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Double-barrelled surnames

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