Bak Surname
Approximately 51,106 people bear this surname
Bak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 10,169 | 1:1,523 | 358 |
| Egypt | 5,369 | 1:17,123 | 1,990 |
| Denmark | 4,110 | 1:1,373 | 83 |
| United States | 3,870 | 1:93,659 | 10,516 |
| Turkey | 3,839 | 1:20,271 | 2,392 |
| Hungary | 3,072 | 1:3,195 | 367 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,822 | 1:10,934 | 1,522 |
| Morocco | 1,738 | 1:19,837 | 3,067 |
| Netherlands | 1,614 | 1:10,463 | 1,413 |
| Poland | 1,462 | 1:25,998 | 3,967 |
| Ukraine | 1,320 | 1:34,487 | 4,997 |
| France | 1,173 | 1:56,626 | 7,534 |
| Russia | 917 | 1:157,168 | 18,083 |
| India | 826 | 1:928,651 | 39,980 |
| Malaysia | 717 | 1:41,136 | 3,328 |
| Canada | 689 | 1:53,477 | 6,389 |
| England | 639 | 1:87,196 | 9,501 |
| Iran | 522 | 1:147,093 | 12,978 |
| Israel | 481 | 1:17,791 | 2,649 |
| United Arab Emirates | 443 | 1:20,682 | 2,392 |
| Germany | 437 | 1:184,223 | 21,480 |
| Thailand | 385 | 1:183,476 | 30,050 |
| Australia | 381 | 1:70,855 | 8,377 |
| Papua New Guinea | 327 | 1:24,935 | 2,762 |
| Romania | 321 | 1:62,548 | 7,539 |
| Algeria | 297 | 1:130,073 | 17,774 |
| Indonesia | 291 | 1:454,465 | 37,729 |
| Slovakia | 222 | 1:24,038 | 4,001 |
| Pakistan | 183 | 1:976,196 | 12,817 |
| South Korea | 179 | 1:286,258 | 209 |
| Argentina | 160 | 1:267,146 | 21,500 |
| Sweden | 127 | 1:77,534 | 5,797 |
| Kenya | 106 | 1:435,659 | 23,420 |
| Norway | 103 | 1:49,925 | 7,153 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| Mexico | 91 | 1:1,364,024 | 15,454 |
| Spain | 90 | 1:519,467 | 25,773 |
| Czechia | 84 | 1:126,589 | 20,289 |
| Belarus | 69 | 1:137,697 | 19,449 |
| Austria | 68 | 1:125,227 | 17,371 |
| Singapore | 64 | 1:86,058 | 3,478 |
| Brazil | 63 | 1:3,398,005 | 96,455 |
| Kazakhstan | 62 | 1:285,202 | 24,279 |
| Belgium | 61 | 1:188,470 | 25,041 |
| Ireland | 59 | 1:79,813 | 4,719 |
| Philippines | 53 | 1:1,910,155 | 116,778 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Afghanistan | 39 | 1:824,441 | 8,487 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Mauritania | 37 | 1:110,672 | 6,692 |
| Serbia | 35 | 1:204,141 | 12,371 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Scotland | 34 | 1:157,465 | 9,168 |
| Slovenia | 34 | 1:73,167 | 10,069 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Latvia | 26 | 1:78,848 | 11,595 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Greenland | 18 | 1:3,132 | 341 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Azerbaijan | 12 | 1:804,094 | 13,104 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 1:512,462 | 12,816 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 1:597,265 | 42,601 |
| Tunisia | 10 | 1:61,063 | 7,682 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Jordan | 5 | 1:1,768,487 | 19,843 |
| Montenegro | 5 | 1:127,913 | 4,949 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Bak (12,087) may also be a first name.
Bak Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller by a brook.
User-submitted Reference
Pak, Park, or Bak is a Korean royal surname, traditionally traced back to King Hyeokgeose Park and theoretically inclusive of all of his descendants. It comes from the Korean noun bak, which means 'bottle gourd'.
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Average Bak Salary in
United States
$47,583 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bak (Arabic: بك, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻙ, Hindi: बाक, Marathi: बाक, Oriya: ବକ, Russian: Бак, Tibetan: བག་) occurs in Cambodia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bak? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,985th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 142,597 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 41 percent of Bak reside; 23 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 20 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. Bak is also the 53,896th most prevalent given name globally It is held by 12,087 people.
The surname Bak is most commonly occurring in Cambodia, where it is borne by 10,169 people, or 1 in 1,523. In Cambodia it is primarily found in: Siem Reap Province, where 11 percent live, Kandal Province, where 10 percent live and Phnom Penh, where 10 percent live. Not including Cambodia this last name exists in 131 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 11 percent live and Denmark, where 8 percent live.
Bak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bak has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bak last name increased 14,333 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 4,915 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bak Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bak surname is chiefly Orthodox (69%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Maronite (33%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (64%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Bak surname are 1.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bak earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 67.28% less than the national average, earning €9,826 per year; in Norway they earn 13.8% more than the national average, earning 393,829 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 122.87% more than the national average, earning R 529,632 per year; in United States they earn 10.28% more than the national average, earning $47,583 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.45% more than the national average, earning $53,881 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bak in the Hindi language | ||
| बाक | baka | 90.46 |
| बक | baka | 5.07 |
| बक् | bak | 0.3 |
| Bak in the Tibetan language | ||
| བག་ | bak | 75 |
| བགས་ | bak | 12.5 |
| སྦེགས་ | bek | 12.5 |
| Bak in the Oriya language | ||
| ବକ | baka | 73.41 |
| ବାକ୍ | bak | 10.4 |
| ବାକ | baka | 8.67 |
| ବକ୍ | bak | 4.62 |
| Bak in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻙ | bak | 66.67 |
| ﺃﺑﺎﻙ | abak | 11.11 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 11.11 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﻙ | abak | 11.11 |
| Bak in the Marathi language | ||
| बाक | baka | 64.08 |
| बक | baka | 35.92 |
| Bak in the Russian language | ||
| Бак | bak | - |
| Bak in the Arabic language | ||
| بك | bk | - |
| بيك | byk | - |
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