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    The surname Paek

    A Korean surname, carried by 1,940 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P200

    Paek: #15,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Paek #15,183, 1,940 people Paek: #15,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Paek #15,183, 1,940 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paek is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    Korean origin

    Borrowed from Korean 백 (baek).

    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 1,940 people named Paek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,147 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,366.

    #15,183
    rank among US surnames
    1,940
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42%
    change since 2000 (was #18,607)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,178Llanas1,941159,065
    #15,183Stiver1,940159,147

    Who is named Paek

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

    79% of people named Paek identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Paek

    Paek has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

    Other Korean surnames

    All 42 Korean surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Paek come from?
    Borrowed from Korean 백 (baek).
    How common is the surname Paek?
    1,940 people in the United States had the surname Paek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,147 Americans. It ranked 15,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Paek?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Paek identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Paek getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,940 in 2010, up 42%.