How common is the surname Flake?

4,326 people in the United States had the surname Flake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,370 Americans. It ranked 7,676th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Flake?

Jeff Flake, American diplomat and former United States senator from Arizona, followed by Floyd H. Flake.

Where is the surname Flake most common?

Wikidata records people named Flake in the United States.

Is the surname Flake getting more or less common?

More common. 3,805 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,326 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Flake

A surname, carried by 4,326 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flake is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,326 people named Flake in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,370 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,805.

#7,676

rank among US surnames

4,326

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+13.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,038)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,671	Whitted	4,330	71,304
#7,673	Kellner	4,329	71,320
#7,674	Ratcliffe	4,327	71,353
#7,676	Flake	4,326	71,370
#7,677	Espitia	4,324	71,403
#7,680	Kushner	4,323	71,419

Who is named Flake

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

83% of people named Flake identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flakes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Flake
American diplomat and former United States senator from Arizona, born 1962
Floyd H. Flake
American politician, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flake

Flake has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

Questions

How common is the surname Flake?: 4,326 people in the United States had the surname Flake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,370 Americans. It ranked 7,676th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flake?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Flake identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Flake?: Jeff Flake, American diplomat and former United States senator from Arizona, followed by Floyd H. Flake.
Where is the surname Flake most common?: Wikidata records people named Flake in the United States.
Is the surname Flake getting more or less common?: More common. 3,805 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,326 in 2010, up 14%.