Lake is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lake
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning: A servant. In Latin, lego means to send

How popular is Lake?

Lake is common in England.

Lake is ranked 6242 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lake bearers increased by 3.815806 per cent in 2010 US census to 32104 since 2000, the surname slipped by 56 spots and ranked at 1091. The last name was found in around 109 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.43 83.56
Black 11.85 11.32
Hispanic or Latino 2.57 1.8
Others 2.09 1.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.18 1.14
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.88 0.71
Lake is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Anguilla is ahead in terms of density. Around 87538 people have been found who wears Lake as their family name. Lake is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,049 Costa Rica10
932 Bermuda9
83,734 Belarus9
5,892 Senegal9
28,661 Serbia8
6,940 Japan8
1,193 Marshall Islands7
126 Montserrat6
59,967 Moldova4
718 Liberia4
1,667 Cambodia4
16,861 Iran4
127,708 Czech Republic3
3,752 Iraq3
2,720 South Korea3
4,554 Guatemala3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
1,389 Grenada3
2,113 Taiwan3
78,945 Argentina3
5,909 Bangladesh3
10,329 Pakistan3
1,333 Guam2
4,164 Vietnam2
9,272 Ecuador2
8,995 Uganda2
14,004 Hungary2
11,224 Cameroon2
385 American Samoa2
6,103 Cyprus2
1,118 Isle of Man2
14,521 Portugal2
28,083 Romania2
1,834 Malta2
6,266 Luxembourg2
1,256 Myanmar2
931 Sierra Leone2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
44,018 Poland2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
34,572 Israel2
9,116 Nicaragua1
2,211 Brunei1
8,181 Botswana1
16,228 Bulgaria1
717 Bhutan1
37,493 Austria1
123,175 Tanzania1
38,830 Morocco1
6,820 Angola1
2,309 Monaco1
28,746 Algeria1
7,847 Albania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
2,877 Cuba1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
5,872 Namibia1
3,586 Honduras1
692 Guinea1
1,818 Guernsey1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,774 Venezuela1
12,270 Lebanon1
3,952 Yemen1
11,486 Estonia1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
1,879 Belize1
50,549 Georgia1
24,176 Qatar1
510 East Timor1
25,721 Egypt1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
8,371 Syria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,494 Thailand44
43,662 Belgium30
845 The Bahamas28
20,233 Denmark25
43,584 Zimbabwe24
813 Jersey22
28,338 Norway20
272 British Virgin Islands15
11,059 Nigeria13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
2,305 Northern Ireland95
28,061 Spain92
3,998 Latvia88
9,536 Finland72
15,572 Switzerland72
2,992 Puerto Rico68
820 China63
18,012 Peru57
79,768 Ukraine56
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Lake:
881 New Zealand793
480 Wales745
14,257 France661
4,607 Netherlands576
631 Jamaica571
10,157 Kenya471
10,846 Mexico419
6,557 Ghana399
1,727 Dominican Republic397
1,981 Scotland361
33,368 Brazil350
11 Anguilla317
7,134 Malaysia278
11,767 Saudi Arabia269
4,156 Sweden232
43 Antigua and Barbuda229
24,716 Turkey210
997 Trinidad and Tobago204
66,412 Russia199
162 Saint Lucia186
48 United States Virgin Islands161
2,996 Ireland136
76 Saint Kitts and Nevis121
1,171 Guyana108
8,701 Chile108
2,219 Hong Kong107
9,004 United Arab Emirates107
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Lake:
1,052 Ethiopia9,673
992 Canada5,082
3,947 Indonesia3,666
917 Australia3,389
16,009 India2,764
2,649 South Africa2,447
11,573 Philippines1,289
9,081 Germany1,076
Countries with ten thousands of Lake:
989 United States37,928
689 England10,190
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old workman James Lake who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on April 14, 1849 by Sheridan put out from Liverpool. Thomas Lake (18) Bonnet maker/ hatter, Catherine Lake, aged 28, 36 years old John Lake, Immigrant Elizabeth Lake, Infant Alfred Lake, Immigrant Mary Lake, Immigrant Margaret Lake, Mary Lake, aged 21, and 7 other Lake around 75% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Lake Namesakes

    Florence Lake, American actress, well-known for being the female protagonist
  • Alexandria Lakewood, Actress
  • Alice Lake, Film actress
  • Stephen Bartlett Lakeman, Political figure
  • Ambre Lake, Actress
  • Thomas Lake Harris, Poet
  • David Lake, Winemaker
  • Duke Lake, Musical Artist
  • Antwan Lake, Football player
  • Arcadia Lake, Pornographic actress
  • Jim Laker, Cricketer
  • In 0, Cybil Lake played the role of Anna in thriller movie Central Park Dark.

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