How common is the surname Bak?

2,920 people in the United States had the surname Bak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,735 Americans. It ranked 10,903rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bak?

In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Bak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Bak getting more or less common?

More common. 2,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,920 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Bak

A Korean surname, carried by 2,920 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bak is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Korean origin

From Korean 박 (bak, “朴”).

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 2,920 people named Bak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,735 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,642.

#10,903

rank among US surnames

2,920

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+10.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,040)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,894	Jelinek	2,924	105,590
#10,897	Honey	2,923	105,626
#10,900	Mozingo	2,921	105,699
#10,903	Wigley	2,920	105,735
#10,907	Gleeson	2,919	105,771
#10,910	Goodyear	2,918	105,807
#10,912	Edelstein	2,917	105,844

Who is named Bak

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

75% of people named Bak identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Bak

Bak 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 Bak come from?: From Korean 박 (bak, “朴”).
How common is the surname Bak?: 2,920 people in the United States had the surname Bak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,735 Americans. It ranked 10,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bak?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Bak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Bak getting more or less common?: More common. 2,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,920 in 2010, up 11%.
What are other spellings of Bak?: Park, Pak, Bark and Pack.