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Parks


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Origin Of The Surname Parks

Meaning Of The Surname Parks

Descendant of the Park Warden

Interesting Facts About Parks

Parks comes from the French word ‘parc’ which referred to a park. The word would have been introduced to Britain by Normans invading from France. It would have been given as an occupational surname to a person employed as a park warden. The suffixed ‘s’ would have been added to make the surname patronymic. Patronymic surnames were given to pass down the name of a father to his kin. In this case Parks would have been given as a surname to the kin of a park warden.

Parks Statistics

Parks is the number 1363 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 7,753 share the surname Parks in the UK.

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