# Pancake (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,010 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,702 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 305,689 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (987 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German surname, Americanized and translated from Pfannkuch, Pfannkuche, also found in north/Low German as Pannkoke, Pankauke, as well as Dutch Pannekoek. All mean "pancake", and could be from a nickname for someone who likes them, or an occupational surname for someone who worked at an establishment that famously served them.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pancake 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) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Pancoast, Pincus, Pinkhasov.

## 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.