as a Last Name
- 34,778
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Lake
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly West Country): topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Old English lacu, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example in Wiltshire and Devon. Modern English lake (Middle English lake) is only distantly related, if at all; it comes via Old French from Latin lacus. This meaning, which ousted the native sense, came too late to be found as a place name element, but may lie behind some examples of the surname.
| 1,013th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 34,778
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wyoming
- has the most people named Lake per capita
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
