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The LARK surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,537 8571 0.001 13
United States (1880 census) 836 6316 0.002 17
Change since 1880 +2701 -2255 -0.001 -4
Other Countries
Australia 212 7138 0.001 13
United Kingdom 542 8376 0.001 12
Top States for LARK by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Carolina 401 1757 0.010 100
Michigan 281 4666 0.003 28
Pennsylvania 209 7828 0.002 17
Ohio 204 7184 0.002 18
California 188 14228 0.001 6
Top States for LARK by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Carolina 401 1757 0.010 100
Michigan 281 4666 0.003 28
Tennessee 159 4615 0.003 28
Mississippi 74 4235 0.003 26
West Virginia 45 4272 0.002 25

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LARK live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LARK represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LARK in South Carolina than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LARK by picking someone at random in South Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LARK

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LARK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LARK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LARK in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 131 3.7
Mixed Race 76 2.15
Asian/Pacific 17 0.48
Native American/Alaskan 5 0.14
Black/African American 1,457 41.19
White (Caucasian) 1,851 52.33

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LARK surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LARK in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of LARK.

Similar names to LARK

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LARK.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LARK

The following words are slight variants of LARK that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.