Parks Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 13
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 25
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 56
Cornwall 17
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 53
Devon 8
Dorset 11
Durham 130
Essex 72
Gloucestershire 66
Hampshire 65
Herefordshire 8
Hertfordshire 9
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 335
Lancashire 313
Leicestershire 7
Lincolnshire 90
London 426
Middlesex 75
Northumberland 34
Norfolk 9
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 114
Oxfordshire 26
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 0
Somerset 37
Surrey 79
Sussex 345
Staffordshire 137
Warwickshire 120
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 68
Yorkshire 228

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 53
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 9
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Parks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Parks family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 37
General Servant Domestic 33
Scholar 33
General Labourer 32
Coal Miner Hewer 20
Cook Domestic 17
Laundress Wash 16
Carpenter 15
Dress Maker 15
Domestic Servant 14
Cotton Weaver 14
Dressmaker 12
Charwoman 11
Commercial Clerk 10
Housemaid Domestic 10
Milliner 10
Agricultural Labourer 10
Farmer 9
Farm Labourer 9
Butcher 8
Dock Labourer 8
Gardener Domestic 8
Servant Domestic 8
Tailoress 8
School 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Parks

Name Census Frequency
William Parks 1,484
Mary Parks 1,445
John Parks 1,118
Elizabeth Parks 832
Sarah Parks 743
Thomas Parks 723
George Parks 721
James Parks 564
Ann Parks 505
Henry Parks 479
Joseph Parks 439
Charles Parks 361
Jane Parks 359
Eliza Parks 339
Emma Parks 329
Alice Parks 312
Edward Parks 289
Ellen Parks 278
Annie Parks 276
Robert Parks 262
Samuel Parks 245
Frederick Parks 242
Hannah Parks 230
Margaret Parks 216
Emily Parks 199

Parks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Parkes 83% 36,814
2 Perks 80% 21,748
3 Parks 100% 21,089
4 Purkis 67% 5,080
5 Perkes 67% 2,256
6 Purkes 67% 854
7 Perkis 67% 650
8 Parkis 83% 550
9 Pearks 83% 260
10 Porks 80% 235
11 Pearkes 71% 125
12 Pirks 80% 100

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The surname Parks is the 3rd most popular variant of Parkes.

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