The Bakker surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,392 people carried this name — #9,583 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 3,069 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bakker surname
A surname originating as an occupation, meaning baker.
From bakker (“baker”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bakker» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 263 people named Bakker live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
98 people named Bakker live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 95 people named Bakker.
Most of them — 80 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Yvelines.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 71 people named Bakker live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
22 people named Bakker have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 76 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
470 people named Bakker are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bakker in American newspapers,
1891–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,033 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bakker,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan de Bakker 1499–1525 · priest -
Gerbrand Bakker 1771–1828 · physician -
Job Augustus Bakker 1796–1876 · painter -
Gerhardus Bakker 1801–1869 · military personnel -
Jouke Bakker 1873–1956 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 247 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bakker.
- Baj 260 · U.S. census
- Bak 2,920 · U.S. census
- Baka 568 · U.S. census
- Bakari 276 · U.S. census
- Baker 419,586 · U.S. census
- Bakir 289 · U.S. census
- Bakowski 348 · U.S. census
- Bal 2,006 · U.S. census
- Bala 1,968 · U.S. census
- Balagna 218 · U.S. census
- Balaguer 571 · U.S. census
- Balan 1,527 · U.S. census
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