# Paik (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/paik/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Korean.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Korean |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,774 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,371 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 111,300 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (2,450 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Baek.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Paik in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 8.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 86% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Paik in South Korea.

## People named Paik

- Nam June Paik, American video art pioneer (1932–2006)

## Similar surnames

Pike, Pack, Pak, Peak, Pick, Paek, Paige, Paiz, Pasko, Paske, Page, Peck.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.