How common is the last name Parks?

84,327 people in the United States have the last name Parks, about 1 in 3,545. It ranks #368 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PARKS

#368

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
84,327
About
1 in 3,545
This common or more
28.7%
Who bears it

Of the 84,327 people with the last name Parks, 66.8% reported their origin as White, 24.1% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Parks

#366 Ali · 84,529#367 Becker · 84,525#369 Barker · 83,987#370 Vaughn · 83,826

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Parks, most common first.

#274 Park · 111,265#2,087 Paris · 16,831#7,463 Parke · 4,307#13,027 Paras · 2,253#48,549 Pares · 470#69,166 Parys · 306#106,589 Paros · 178#123,817 Parus · 146

Also a first name

As a first name, Parks ranks #13,386 of 53,615, with 904 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 83 births. See Parks as a first name

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