How common is the surname Paik?

2,774 people in the United States had the surname Paik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,300 Americans. It ranked 11,371st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Paik?

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

Where is the surname Paik most common?

Wikidata records people named Paik in South Korea.

Is the surname Paik getting more or less common?

More common. 2,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,774 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Paik

A Korean surname, carried by 2,774 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paik is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Korean origin

Variant of 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 2,774 people named Paik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,300 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,450.

#11,371

rank among US surnames

2,774

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+13.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,722)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,362	Roussel	2,777	111,180
#11,365	Cogar	2,776	111,220
#11,368	Nunnery	2,775	111,260
#11,371	MacIntyre	2,774	111,300
#11,374	Gessner	2,773	111,340
#11,377	Bornstein	2,772	111,380
#11,380	Sauers	2,771	111,420

Who is named Paik

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

86% of people named Paik identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
White (not Hispanic) 8.6%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

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

Famous Paiks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Paik

Paik 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 Paik come from?: Variant of Baek.
How common is the surname Paik?: 2,774 people in the United States had the surname Paik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,300 Americans. It ranked 11,371st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Paik?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Paik identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Paik?: Nam June Paik, American video art pioneer (1932–2006).
Where is the surname Paik most common?: Wikidata records people named Paik in South Korea.
Is the surname Paik getting more or less common?: More common. 2,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,774 in 2010, up 13%.