How common is the surname Bakke?

3,517 people in the United States had the surname Bakke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,787 Americans. It ranked 9,257th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bakke?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bakke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bakke?

Brenda Bakke, American actress.

Where is the surname Bakke most common?

Wikidata records people named Bakke in the United States.

Is the surname Bakke getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,517 in 2010, down 1.8%.

The surname Bakke

A surname, carried by 3,517 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). Bakke is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

* As a Dutch surname, from bak (“bucket, bin”); also from bakkes (“face”). * As a Norwegian surname, from bakke (“bank, hillside”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,517 people named Bakke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,787 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,583.

#9,257

rank among US surnames

3,517

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,472)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,251	Cui	3,520	87,712
#9,253	Talton	3,519	87,737
#9,255	Mill	3,518	87,762
#9,257	Bakke	3,517	87,787
#9,258	Krawczyk	3,516	87,812
#9,262	Gingrich	3,515	87,837
#9,265	Sickler	3,514	87,862

Who is named Bakke

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

95% of people named Bakke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bakkes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brenda Bakke
American actress, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bakke

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

Questions

Where does the surname Bakke come from?: * As a Dutch surname, from bak (“bucket, bin”); also from bakkes (“face”). * As a Norwegian surname, from bakke (“bank, hillside”).
How common is the surname Bakke?: 3,517 people in the United States had the surname Bakke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,787 Americans. It ranked 9,257th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bakke?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bakke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bakke?: Brenda Bakke, American actress.
Where is the surname Bakke most common?: Wikidata records people named Bakke in the United States.
Is the surname Bakke getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,517 in 2010, down 1.8%.