Sparhawk Name Origin and Family Crest

Anyone researching Sparhawk should also look under Sparks. The name is generally explained as “Dweller at the sign of the sparrowhawk; one with some characteristic of a sparrowhawk”.

• Records show Sparhawk as one of the forms Sparks took over time.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Sparhawk surname had 400 bearers. That puts it among the top 100,000 US surnames.
• The same family of names includes Spark, Sparke and Sparkes.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Sparhawk, so the heraldry linked to Sparks is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Sparhawk family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.