# Baek (surname)

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

A surname from Korean.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Korean |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,990 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,689 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 103,259 people |
| Change since 2000 | +59% (1,885 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Paik |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 백 (baek).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baek 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) | 2.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 95% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Beck, Back, Bakke, Bak, Baik, Baez, Baeza, Bayes, Baksh, Baze, Bush, Bass.

## 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.