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'.
- deleted-64057Bak Demographics
Average Male Bak Height
175.18 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bak (Arabic: بك, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻙ, Hindi: बाक, Marathi: बाक, Oriya: ବକ, Russian: Бак, Tibetan: བག་) is more frequently found in Cambodia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bak click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bak? popularity and diffusion
Bak is the 10,985th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 142,597 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 41 percent of Bak live; 23 percent live in Southeast Asia and 20 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Bak is also the 53,896th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 12,087 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cambodia, where it is carried by 10,169 people, or 1 in 1,523. In Cambodia it is most prevalent in: Siem Reap Province, where 11 percent are found, Kandal Province, where 10 percent are found and Phnom Penh, where 10 percent are found. Beside Cambodia it occurs in 131 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 11 percent are found and Denmark, where 8 percent are found.
Bak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bak has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bak last name grew 14,333 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 4,915 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bak Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (69%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Maronite (33%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (64%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Bak are 1.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.33% being registered with 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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