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    The surname Bakken

    A Norwegian surname, carried by 4,205 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B250

    Bakken: #7,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bakken #7,870, 4,205 people Bakken: #7,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bakken #7,870, 4,205 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bakken is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    Borrowed from Norwegian Bakken.

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,205 people named Bakken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,423 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,972.

    #7,870
    rank among US surnames
    4,205
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #7,721)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,863Moller4,20973,354
    #7,866Plourde4,20873,371
    #7,868McCourt4,20673,406
    #7,870Shoemake4,20573,423
    #7,873Crank4,20473,441
    #7,874Pendley4,20373,458
    #7,875Horgan4,20273,476

    Who is named Bakken

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

    96% of people named Bakken identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bakkens

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jill Bakken
      American bobsledder, Olympic gold medalist, born 1977
    • Earl Bakken
      American academic (1924–2018)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bakken

    Bakken has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bakken come from?
    Borrowed from Norwegian Bakken.
    How common is the surname Bakken?
    4,205 people in the United States had the surname Bakken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,423 Americans. It ranked 7,870th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bakken?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bakken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bakken?
    Jill Bakken, American bobsledder, Olympic gold medalist, followed by Earl Bakken.
    Where is the surname Bakken most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bakken in the United States.
    Is the surname Bakken getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,205 in 2010, up 5.9%.