The Bakken surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,205 people carried this name — #7,870 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,972 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

7,659 people named Bakken are counted in Norway and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.

Counted, by country

Norway (2025) 7,481
Sweden (2022) 178

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Bakken in American newspapers,
1901–1959.

Newspaper page from Reporter And Farmer carrying the name Bakken
Reporter And Farmer 1901-04-18
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Bakken
The Washington Times 1930-06-13
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Bakken
Evening Star 1959-10-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,101 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bakken,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ole Kristian Pedersen Bakken
    Ole Kristian Pedersen Bakken 1873–1953
  • Kristian Bakken
    Kristian Bakken 1888–1954 · politician
  • Johan Bakken
    Johan Bakken 1908–1984 · politician
  • Earl Bakken
    Earl Bakken 1924–2018 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Johan Bakken: Fosen Foto; commisioned by Ørland municipality, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); Earl Bakken: Bobak Ha'Eri & Paul Schmokel, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 85 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bakken,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States271 records

271 records of the Bakken name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 110
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 87
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alverne E. Bakken

    Born 1910 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1941 at Olivia; route man from Renville County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Donald Bakken

    Born 1944; from West Allis, Wisconsin. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johannes Bakken

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1876 aboard the Lord Clive from Liverpool, aged 21; laborer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 271 records for Bakken in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Norway2,366 records

2,366 records of the Bakken name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Ivar Bakken

    Census of 1910: Storgaten, Lillehammer; merchant, born 1859 in Kvam.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Magrethe Bakken

    Census of 1910: Vollabakken, Trondhjem; labourer, born 1832 in Drevsjø i Øvre Rendalen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Anton Bakken

    Census of 1910: Kjensjordsbakken (gaard), Nordre Land; farmer, born 1882 in Biri.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 2,366 records for Bakken in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Netherlands26 records

26 records of the Bakken name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 16
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 7
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Bakken

    Died 1824 in Blerick, aged 32.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hermanus Bakken

    Married in 1726 in Enkhuizen.

    Open Archives, Westfries Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Wigmanus Bakken

    Buried in 1806 in Arnhem.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Bakken in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Bakken name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 6
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ingrid Bakken

    Buried in 1964 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 77.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ulrak Bakken

    Died 1944 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gabriella Bakken

    Buried in 1971 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 77.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Bakken in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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