Pake is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pake
No. of characters: 4
Origin: France
Meaning:

Surname Pake is the variant form of Pack. Possibly from the French Pâque, Easter. But more likely from an ancient personal name Pack or Peck, from which seem to be derived the local Packington, Peckham, Paxton, Packwood, etc. May be derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name peca, a deceiver.

How popular is Pake?

Pake is common in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, United States, India, DR Congo, Nigeria, Thailand.

Pake is ranked 125007 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pakes plummeted by 6.75 per cent to 290 since 2000 and slipped by 7386 spots and ranked at 67943. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.72 93.57
Hispanic or Latino 4.14 1.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.72 2.25
Pake is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Papua New Guinea which may be its country of origin too. Around 3642 people have been found who wears Pake as their family name. Pake is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Pake:
495 Papua New Guinea1,154
Countries with hundreds of Pake:
14,958 Indonesia867
70,205 United States386
89,393 India258
33,038 DR Congo192
49,169 Nigeria145
87,939 Thailand140
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
37,831 Canada85
77,258 Germany68
56,669 South Africa63
5,959 Lesotho63
51,923 England52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,372 Scotland39
27,489 Mexico28
63,570 Cameroon21
105,129 Iran20
15,192 Latvia19
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
394,810 Russia10
75,134 Austria8

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Adolf Pake worked as farmer and hailed from Bavaria. 34 years old embarked for New York from Havre on Georgia and arrived on October 2, 1850. 24 years old Joseph Pake, Painter Michael Pake, 36 years old Joseph Pake, are other Pake that migrated to US.

Pake Namesakes

  • George Pake, physicist and research executive primarily

Pake Namesakes

  • George Pake, physicist and research executive primarily

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