as a Last Name
- 76,044
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Park
Meaning & Origins
A name with many origins, to which other, rarer names have been assimilated. The principal sources are: 1. English and Scottish: from Middle English, Old French parc ‘park’; a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in a park or a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a park. In the Middle Ages a park was a large enclosed area where the landowner could hunt game. 2. English and Scottish: from a medieval pet form of the personal name Peter. Compare Parkin. 3. Swedish: ornamental name from park ‘park’. 4. Korean: variant of Pak.
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 76,044
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Park per capita
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