Lark Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

The Lark last name has English roots. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “one with some”. The name also appears as Larke.

In the 2010 US Census, 4,055 Americans gave Lark as their last name (rank 8,174). That puts it inside the top 10,000 US surnames.

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Lark family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. Get the complete Lark report, with a museum-style coat of arms.