# Ake (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ake/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,904 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,397 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 162,156 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (1,830 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ake in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 20% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Similar surnames

Akey, Askew, Askey, Ash, Aguayo, Agee, Ashe, Asay, Ahuja, Aoki, Ajayi, Azua.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.