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cake Name Meaning and History

English: from the Middle English cake denoting a flat loaf made from fine flour (Old Norse kaka), hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker who specialized in fancy breads. It was first attested as a surname in the 13th century (Norfolk, Northamptonshire).

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cake Family Facts

Distribution of cake Families in the US in 1920
Number of cake families
 19-36
 7-18		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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