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Bakken Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bakker, Becker, de Bakker, Bekere, de Becker and others.

Bakken Ranking

In the United States, the name Bakken is the 9,474th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Bakken migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bakken Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Guro Bakken, who settled in Wisconsin in 1845-1856
Bakken Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Louis Bakken, who arrived in Montana in 1900

Contemporary Notables of the name Bakken (post 1700) +

  • Earl Elmer Bakken (1924-2018), American inventor, engineer, businessman and philanthropist; founder of Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957
  • S. A. Bakken, American politician, Mayor of Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1950 2
  • Arve Bakken, American politician, Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1976 2


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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