Bæk Surname

305,241st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Bæk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bæk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark1,1691:4,829432
Norway431:119,58815,719
Greenland111:5,125525
Faroe Islands101:4,900534
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Bk (4,903) are calculated separately.

Bæk Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bæk Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bæk is more commonly found in Denmark than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Bk. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bæk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 305,241st most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,877,053 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Bæk are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Denmark, where it is held by 1,169 people, or 1 in 4,829. In Denmark it is primarily concentrated in: Central Denmark Region, where 34 percent live, North Denmark Region, where 23 percent live and Region of Southern Denmark, where 22 percent live. Excluding Denmark this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 3 percent live and Greenland, where 1 percent live.

Bæk Last Name Statistics demography

Bæk earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 16.64% less than the national average, earning 288,483 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bk934,903/
Bæck8632/
Bækø8624/
Åbæk861/
Bække75127/
Hbk67192/
Bkk6758/
Bke6736/
Bck6729/
Bkh6728/
Bhk6723/
Bpk6719/
Bkc679/
Bkg677/
Bqk676/
Bkq676/
Bgk675/
Bkx674/
Bøk671/
Væk671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bæk
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