Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian: from the medieval
personal name Bak. This personal name probably existed in
Polish and Ukrainian too, but Rymut derives the surname from
bakac ‘to scold or yell’.Slovenian:
unexplained. The Slovenian name comes from the southern part of the
Kras region of southwestern Slovenia.Dutch: variant of
Bakke.Korean: variant of Pak.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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