Paik is used as a family name or surname in South Korea. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Paik
No. of characters: 4
Origin: South Korea
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Paik

How popular is Paik?

Paik is common in South Korea.

Paik is ranked 4038 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Paiks grew by 13.22449 per cent to 2774 since 2000 and ranked 11371 after elevating 351 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 86.37 86.04
White 8.58 9.02
Others 3.24 3.18
Hispanic or Latino 1.19 1.06
Black 0.61 0
Paik is quite popular family name mostly used in India while South Korea is ahead in terms of density. Around 134998 people have been found who wears Paik as their family name. Paik is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
7,031 China6
9,759 Japan5
917 Myanmar3
4,367 Afghanistan2
40,064 Nigeria2
10,284 Kuwait2
34,572 Israel2
35,969 Denmark2
54,135 Philippines2
2,211 Brunei1
30,360 Thailand1
107,212 South Africa1
746 Dominica1
165,773 Belarus1
172,258 Germany1
29,595 Iran1
90,903 Moldova1
38,841 Scotland1
56,169 Mexico1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
5,924 Paraguay1
81,201 Switzerland1
11,923 Slovenia1
24,176 Qatar1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
165,453 Indonesia43
17,064 New Zealand31
144,672 Ukraine24
52,530 Belgium22
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,516 Hong Kong95
67,110 Italy90
50,444 Argentina90
117,149 France73
4,526 Singapore71
Countries with hundreds of Paik:
1,217 Bosnia583
5,097 Malaysia430
3,609 Croatia233
16,687 Canada220
25,123 England194
17,910 Australia145
75,961 Brazil111
Countries with thousands of Paik:
10,886 United States3,329
3,757 Bangladesh2,063
Countries with ten thousands of Paik:
716 India90,513
82 South Korea36,573
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Paik Namesakes

  • Nam June Paik, Artist
  • Agis Paikos, Actor
  • Dusty Paik, Actress
  • Nam June Paik, Artist
  • Kun-Woo Paik, Pianist
  • Kun-Woo Paik, Pianist
  • Musa Paik, Singer
  • Mary Paik Lee, Writer
  • Tapihana Paraire Paikea, Politician
  • Paraire Karaka Paikea, New Zealand Politician

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