Bakken
See also: bakken
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Norwegian Bakken.
Proper noun
editBakken (plural Bakkens)
- A surname from Norwegian.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bakken is the 7870th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4205 individuals. Bakken is most common among White (95.84%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bakken”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86.
Norwegian
editEtymology
editTopographic surname, from bakke (“hill, slope”).
Proper noun
editBakken
- a surname