How common is the surname Bakker?

3,392 people in the United States had the surname Bakker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,022 Americans. It ranked 9,583rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bakker?

Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist.

Where is the surname Bakker most common?

Wikidata records people named Bakker in the United States.

Is the surname Bakker getting more or less common?

More common. 3,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,392 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Bakker

A surname, carried by 3,392 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bakker is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,392 people named Bakker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,022 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,069.

#9,583

rank among US surnames

3,392

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+10.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,578	Enoch	3,394	90,968
#9,581	Scheid	3,393	90,995
#9,583	Woodrum	3,392	91,022
#9,587	Kegley	3,391	91,049
#9,590	Cendejas	3,390	91,075
#9,592	Bicknell	3,389	91,102

Who is named Bakker

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

93% of people named Bakker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bakkers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert T. Bakker
American paleontologist, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bakker

Bakker has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Questions

How common is the surname Bakker?: 3,392 people in the United States had the surname Bakker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,022 Americans. It ranked 9,583rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bakker?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bakker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bakker?: Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist.
Where is the surname Bakker most common?: Wikidata records people named Bakker in the United States.
Is the surname Bakker getting more or less common?: More common. 3,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,392 in 2010, up 11%.