How common is the surname Ake?

1,904 people in the United States had the surname Ake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,156 Americans. It ranked 15,397th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ake?

In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Ake identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ake getting more or less common?

More common. 1,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,904 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Ake also a first name?

Yes. Ake is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ake

A surname, carried by 1,904 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex A200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ake is more common than 90.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,904 people named Ake in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,156 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,830.

#15,397

rank among US surnames

1,904

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #14,849)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,391	Milliman	1,905	162,071
#15,397	Ake	1,904	162,156
#15,402	Frew	1,903	162,241
#15,406	Delfin	1,902	162,327

Who is named Ake

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

71% of people named Ake identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ake

Ake has the Soundex code A200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A200.

Questions

How common is the surname Ake?: 1,904 people in the United States had the surname Ake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,156 Americans. It ranked 15,397th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ake?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Ake identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ake getting more or less common?: More common. 1,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,904 in 2010, up 4.0%.
Is Ake also a first name?: Yes. Ake is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.