Bakker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Netherlands
Germany

Bakker Spelling Variations

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

Bakker Ranking

In the United States, the name Bakker is the 8,598^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Netherlands, the name Bakker is ranked the 4^th most popular surname with an estimated 61,635 people with that name. 2

Bakker migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bakker Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Willem Juriaensen Bakker, who arrived in New Netherland(s) in 1637 3

Bakker Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Petter Bakker, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1739 3

Bakker Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Adde Wilhelm Bakker, who settled in Indiana in 1846
Etta Bakker, aged 53, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 3
Focke Oeges Bakker, aged 38, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 3
Fokke Oeges Bakker, aged 38, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 3
K M Bakker, aged 32, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Bakker (post 1700) +

Robert T Bakker (b. 1945), American paleontologist
Jim Bakker (b. 1939), American televangelist, former host of the PTL Club
Hugo Bakker (1985-2021), Dutch organist and music educator
Heinze Bakker (1942-2021), Dutch sports journalist
Klaas Bakker (1926-2016), Dutch footballer
Ernst Carel Bakker (1946-2014), Dutch politician, alderman and member of the Democrats 66 political party
Thiemo de Bakker (b. 1988), Dutch Junior tennis player
Paul-Jan Bakker (b. 1957), Dutch cricketer
Glenys Bakker (b. 1962), Canadian Olympic curler
R Scott Bakker (b. 1967), Canadian fantasy author

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)