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    The surname Baek

    A Korean surname, carried by 2,990 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Baek: #10,689 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Baek #10,689, 2,990 people Baek: #10,689 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baek #10,689, 2,990 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baek is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    Korean origin

    Borrowed from Korean 백 (baek).

    One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,990 people named Baek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,259 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,885.

    #10,689
    rank among US surnames
    2,990
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +58.6%
    change since 2000 (was #14,498)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,681Banas2,993103,156
    #10,683Hayashi2,992103,190
    #10,686Runkle2,991103,225
    #10,689Guice2,990103,259
    #10,692Spiers2,989103,294
    #10,697Zellers2,988103,328

    Who is named Baek

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

    95% of people named Baek identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Baek

    Baek has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Other Korean surnames

    All 42 Korean surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Baek come from?
    Borrowed from Korean 백 (baek).
    How common is the surname Baek?
    2,990 people in the United States had the surname Baek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,259 Americans. It ranked 10,689th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baek?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Baek identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Baek getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,990 in 2010, up 59%.
    What are other spellings of Baek?
    Paik.