Lark Family History
Lark Name Meaning
nickname for a merry person or an early riser, from
Middle English lavero(c)k, lark (Old English
lawerce). It was perhaps also a metonymic occupational name
for someone who netted the birds and sold them for the cooking
pot.from a medieval personal name, a byform of Lawrence,
derived by back-formation from Larkin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lark
Name Distribution of Lark Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lark families
 27 - 51  10 - 26 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lark families
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76 - 150 26 - 75 |
1 - 25 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lark families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lark Family Origin
Lark Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lark
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Lark Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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